Connect2 offers companion-ship and support to Holocaust survivors. Our volunteers visit survivors on their homes, provide assistance, and build relationships

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Connect2 offers vital companionship and support to Holocaust Survivors living throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan. Volunteers visit survivors in their homes a minimum of one hour each week. Volunteers hear extraordinary stories, learn courage and perseverance by living example,  Read more

 


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Thanks for all that you do on behalf of the survivors of the Holocaust. It's a huge chesed and a true testament to the adages,"never again" &"we shall never forget".May hashem bless you with continued success!
Dr. Rami Mezrahi D.D.S., volunteer
Just spoke to my mother in law & she hurriedly put the phone down because Ora was coming to visit. Beautiful. She really looks forward to her coming. Isn't it a amazing? What a great program...
Etty Friedman, daughter-in-law of survivor Seren Friedman, age 87

News and Events

JCCGCI volunteers spread faith and hope

 July 16,2024

Jccgci/ Connect2 VOLUNTEERS SPREAD FAITH AND HOPE  to our holocaust survivor members, by making beautiful tamborines for other volunteers   to deliver to the survivors that symbolize   redemption , blessing, and celebration in the near future ???? ???? ???? ???? 

Thank you “n’shei/ women’s  chabad mivtzoim” for the materials and tamborines , and a shout out to our young volunteers  Talia and tzipori!!

 

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Names Not Numbers at HAFTR( Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns)

JCCGCI survivors Ruth Mermelstein, Jack Tavin, Claire Grunwald, and Eugene Halpert participated in Names Not Numbers at HAFTR

( Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns) middle school. Filming and screening were an amazing experience for both the Holocaust survivors and the students. 

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Social Services for Nazi Victims have been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany and the Leader Family Fund

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