TiKVA Children's Home Newsletter August 2023

THE HOPE

THIS IS ONE FRONT PAGE THAT STILL CARES ABOUT

UKRAINE’S ORPHANS

The headlines have moved on. TiKVA hasn’t.

Ithas been more than 18 months since we were forced to leave our homes in Odessa, Ukraine, which, at the time, felt like living through a nightmare. Collectively, we took whatever we could reasonably travel with, and ran from an atmosphere of war and destruction in search of safety and refuge wherever we could find it.

Men, women and children trekked for over 55 hours, and over the Sabbath, to Western Ukraine where we camped temporarily for two weeks until we were told it was safe to cross the border. Those fourteen days of uncertainty and a feeling of transience are ones in which we never want to experience ever again.

Despite finding ourselves in crisis, we resolved and created a temporary home in the sleepy town of Neptun, Romania, on the Romanian seacoast, where we were able to create a relative normalcy. Here, alongside the Black Sea, with G-d’s help, we found a safe haven for our 250 orphans and 660 community members.

Within a week of our arrival, Passover preparations were already in motion, school was back in session, and psychologists were recruited in to assist our families and children in processing the trauma we had just experienced only days prior. Our makeshift headquarters became a safe haven for the evacuation of an additional 4,000 refugees who sought our support in these unprecedented times. All the while, the place we had called home for all of our lives was under the threat of total and utter destruction.

I’d like to say that at this point, life had stabilized and we were approaching a new normalcy, but in truth, the expenses had become too great and the lifestyle still felt temporary. Neptun was fairly remote which meant jobs were scarce and finding suitable housing was impractical. And after much consideration, and for the best for our community, we resolved to move to Bucharest. Today, we are a community one thousand strong

in Bucharest. We are the single largest Ukrainian refugee community to remain intact and in existence and we are persevering thanks to the support of many. Additionally, we have been able to secure employment for many and further opportunities look promising as we continue to work with local agencies to find employment for all able adults. No matter how stable life seems to be in Bucharest, in our hearts and in our minds, we are still a people in flux–we miss our homes, but also know the home we remember no longer exists. Picking up from life as you knew it in a moment’s notice and transplanting to a whole new existence is a profoundly traumatic experience and we need support more than ever to make this transition–whether permanent or temporary–as stable and comfortable as possible. Over the course of this newsletter, you’ll gain deeper insight into TiKVA’s new environment and the many ways in which we now find ourselves looking for help and hope. It may feel overwhelming at first, but we know with your support, we can provide our children and our community with the best life possible, given the circumstances.

Thank you to every single one of you.

Rabbi Refael Kruskal, CEO of TiKVA Odessa

War Wages On

While TiKVA has found respite in Bucharest, the war at home in Ukraine rages on and not everyone in our extended community has been accounted for. We will never forget those that need our help and remain committed to providing shelter and emergency relief.

Back Home

Despite conditions in Odessa, TiKVA has built bomb shelters attached to the school buildings and reopened them as classrooms. We have over 200 students attending schools on the days in which the bombings aren’t happening close by, and the children spend much of their day in the bomb shelters attempting to learn, even though they are distracted by fear for their lives.

We also currently provide meals to all 200+ students enrolled in TiKVA schools and send them home with meals for their families daily. These families are not able to work and would not have a hot meal if TiKVA didn’t provide it.

TiKVA serves over 1200 hot meals daily for elderly, people with disabilities, and disadvantaged people, some of them Holocaust survivors. TiKVA also distributes 11,000 parcels of basic necessities and nonperishable goods monthly through our meals on wheels program.

The demand for evacuations is on the rise and TiKVA organizes the logistics for the safe evacuation of busloads of refugees weekly, as well as mental health care for the trauma being experienced daily.

Ukranian Orphans Captured

Many Ukrainian orphans were forcibly removed from orphanages and are now in Russian territory. Many of their whereabouts and living conditions are unknown with most of them cut off from all communication with living relatives.

Girls room in the TiKVA orphanage, August 13, 2023

Kakhovka Dam Collapse

On June 6th, the Kakhovka dam was breached by Russian occupiers and the waters were released from the huge Kakhovka reservoir rushing downstream and flooding all neighboring villages. The rushing waters have jeopardized the water quality, including the supply in Odessa, by incorporating debris and toxic chemicals into the supply.

Tikva mourns the loss of Vitaly Matzvetz

Vitaly Matzvetz first joined the TiKVA community in 2010 and remained with us until 2016. During his time with us, he grew in his appreciation of his heritage and thrived as a young Jewish man.

When he turned 18 years old, Vitaly got notice to join the army and did so as many men his age did, and despite his completion of two years of service, when war broke out, Vitaly returned to fight for his country.

Rockets Rain Down on Odessa City Center

As the war continues, Russia seeks out opportunities to endanger as many Ukrainian civilians as possible, hitting Odessa’s city center and our local supermarket.

And then for many long months, beginning in January 2023, no one had heard from Vitaly, but his mother and community maintained a hopeful daily search for him, until it was reported recently that Vitaly Matzvetz was killed in action. TiKVA, along with the rest of the community, mourns over this profound loss. BD”E.

Fozzy supermarket, 2 blocks from the elementary school and girls home, August 13, 2023

Vitaly at TiKVA in 2014, age 9

Vitaly in 2023

Persevering in Bucharest

TiKVA in Romania is currently focused on finding all able adult refugees employment. By doing so, TiKVA has been able to reduce food costs by more than 50% due to the working adults now being able to provide breakfast and dinners to their families on their own. Still, TiKVA provides 1500 hot meals a day–three hot meals to the orphans and staff in our community, and one meal a day to the community at large.

Families have finally begun to lead a relatively normal family life, like they had before war broke out. They can now sit around a kitchen table, eating self-prepared meals together as a family, and with children doing homework at desks and sleeping in beds located within their own bedrooms.

We have established a proper orphanage for our 230 orphans who are finally somewhat settled, with a bed to call their own, after a year of sharing a bed with two or three other

children in Neptun. Psychologically, the children are responding well to the returned structure, and they enjoy bedtime and playtime and walking over to the school building daily that is located within the same property. TiKVA originally brought eight psychologists and their families to work with the children and adults in Romania daily. The team has now been expanded to twelve specialists who are busy treating the children and community daily as the reality of returning home continues to dwindle. Nevertheless, it’s a true testament to the amazing things TiKVA has accomplished when our children tell us that they feel closer to one another now more than ever before, and that the close knit community, despite relocation, has given them hope throughout the year.

Profile on Kharsaach Family

Life in Odessa before the war was going well and stable for the Kharsaach family–Uri Moshe, the father, was an IT director for a large corporation, while Elisheva, the mother, was a Jewish studies teacher in TiKVA. In their youth, both had also successfully benefited from the various offerings of TiKVA --Uri Moshe, as a student of our school system, and Elisheva, as a child cared for by the orphanage.

Young Victim of War

When the war started, it upended their lives, and the Kharsaach family, including children David, Dina, and Meir, had thirty minutes to evacuate and gather all that they could possibly carry with them in a panicked hurry. Upon arrival in Romania, Uri Moshe did everything he could to assist with the transition for his family and the TiKVA community at large, but it was overwhelming at first. Along with the move came an influx of anxiety and emotions. Nevertheless, Uri Moshe and Elisheva worked hard to try and provide consistency for their family.

Ilya is only nine months old, yet in his short life, he has already fallen victim to the cruelties of war. For one, he will never come to know his mother, who was struck and killed by debris during a bombardment of shells on their hometown. And his father, recruited into battle, could not continue to raise his own child and had to leave Ilya in the capable hands of TiKVA. As the war progressed and worsened, Ilya was then transported from Odessa to Romania where we have been caring for him since March, and will continue to do so until his father’s hopeful and eventual return. Ilya may not be with his immediate family, but for the time being, he will be with ours.

TiKVA was determined to help them do that. We extended Elisheva the opportunity to continue her work with TiKVA in the schools built in Romania while we ensured Uri Moshe had a wifi router so he wouldn’t lose his job in the move. The Kharsaachs are now in Bucharest where they have an apartment to call their own, a kitchen where they gather in and eat self-prepared meals, and are both employed to be able to support their family- a concept one takes for granted until it is taken away.

Elisheva at TiKVA in 2003, age 16

Elisheva boarding the bus with her family to leave Ukraine as the war began, February 2022

The family in Romania, Summer 2023

Elisheva and family, 2023

Our Recent Accomplishments

TiKVA in Numbers Bucharest

4,900 refugees safely evacuated out of Ukraine

Back in Odessa

Our facilities have been opened up to families who have lost their homes

1,200 people remain behind 200 children in our school

1,200 hot meals daily

TiKVA is a family, and no matter what happens,

Since 1993, TiKVA has offered love, guidance, education, medical care and Jewish identity to at-risk Jewish children, and impoverished families in Odessa, Ukraine. And that has remained our commitment to whomever seeks out these essential needs since our beginning.

Our core mission of rescuing homeless, abused, and abandoned Jewish children has remained the same, especially now with more victims and casualties of the war. Granted, our location and circumstances have changed, and that means our mission has broadened with a newfound focus to stabilize the lives of our community in Bucharest while also addressing ongoing humanitarian needs in Odessa.

We must also provide both physical and mental wellbeing for all and ultimately, have the resources and capacity to care when the occasion arises. Together with your support, we can continue to rebuild the Jewish identity of our community especially now during wartime when stability requires resilience and improvisation.

Our Essential Needs

Providing hot Kosher meals, shelter and electricity

Medical and psychological care for all the orphans and war refugees

— Rabbi Refael Kruskal, CEO of TiKVA

Providing daily necessities like water, clothing and blankets

Employing teachers for providing consistent education

we’re going to stick together.”

A and M Ascher Fund

Julie & Leo Abbe

Adeena Abboudi

ABM Wireless

Patti Abrams

A Adar

Daniel and Gisela Ades

Joshua Adler

Admirals Cove Realty Co., Inc.

Advenir

Advisor Perspectives

Afton Properties Inc

Alla Ageyeva

Agudath Israel of NY

Nicole and Raanan Agus

Jonathan “Yosef” Agus

AIDP

Dennis Albers

Stewart Albert

The Albert & Yetta Lupin

Memorial Foundation

MaryEileen Aldana

Peter Alevizos

Gina Alster

Eric Alterman

Larry Altschul

Gilberto Alvarez

Raja Amar

Joseph Amato

American Committee For the Education and Wellness of Jews

James Ancel

Phillip & Ruth Zowader

Anderson

Kathy Andrews Interiors, Inc.

Yehuda & Tally Angster

Aniyim Fund

Annette M. & Theodore N.

Lerner Family Fdn Inc.

Karen Anolik

Reuven Antwerpen

Dennis Anzel

AOK Funding Inc

APomp12 Fund

Steven & Donna Aptekar

Sheara and Arbit

Arie & Eva Halpern Family Foundation

Natalia Aristizabal

Kosta Arlinsky

Ronald Aroesty

Liam Aron

Aronson Family

Blair & Brandon Arthur

Henry & Diana Asher

Associated Concrete Contractors

The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore

Jeffrey Atkin

Naomi & Neal Auman

Angelo Autiero

Matthew Autrback

Avi & Tali Tessler Fund

Oded Avissar

Michelle & Steve Ayzenberg

Jason Bailis

Abraham Baker

Jordan Baltimore

Kathie Bank

Bank of America

Baratz Family Foundation Inc

Steven Barbery

Esti Bareli

Urishai Barnea

The Barnik Tarbut Foundation

Matthew Barr

The Barrack Foundation

David Barrett

Barrington Chemical Corp

Martha Barvin

Harold & Debora Baseman

Alberto Bassan

Jeff & Nancy Baumann

Timothy Baxter

Teresa Bazbaz & Bazbaz Family

John Beck

Eric & Jill Becker

Yanna Begelman

Emma Bellows

Jerry Belsh

Ben J & Dorit Genet

Philanthropic Fund

Michele & Wayne Benach

Eduardo Benchimol

Kevin Benmoussa

Jody Benyunes

The Berg Foundation

Gerard & Rhoda Berger

Susan Berger

Brad & Julia Berger

Zachary Berger

Berlet Plastic Surgery

Berlin Packaging LLC

Bernard & Valerie Levy Family Fund

Ariel Bernstein

Richard Bernstein

Mark Bernstein

Jeffrey & Marisa Bershad

Brenda Bertram

Irina Bess

Leon Beylus

Demian Bichir

Esther Bier

Michael Bijaoui

Darius Bikoff

Bioactive Resources, LLC

Biocaps

Ezra Birnbaum

Israel Birnbaum

Solomon Birnbaum

Igor Biselman

Arthur Black

Janeen Blando

George & Harriet Blank

Doris Blau

Fred Blau & Maayan Roth

Alex Blavatnik

Jacob Bleich

Deborah Blisko

Marty Bloch

Nachshon & Shana Block

William & Lindsay Block

Sanford J Blockman

Lee Bloom & Family

Jonathan Bloom

Lance Bloom

Marta Bloom

Katherine Blostein

Marvin Blumenfrucht

Marc & Vivi Blumenfrucht

Avvram & Sharon Blumenthal

Ken Blumenthal

Mary Helena & Betty Bobbitt

Mary Boehmer

Michail Bogachek

Robert Boiarsky

Alise & Robert Boiarsky

Lauren Bolshakov

Mario Bonaccorso

Lawrence Borger

Manuel Borod

William Bosch

Larry Botel

David Botwinick

Russell, Nancy, & Becky Bourne

Joseph Brachfeld

Alan & Sarah Bram

Steven and Ethel Bram

Ken Bravmann

Melanie Brechka

Ian Breen

Alon Brenner

Bright Funds

Gabriel Britti

Brochin Fund

Arkady Broder

William Bron

David Broner

Shira Bronstein

Fred Brown

Jane & Scott Brown

Marc Brownstein

Linda Broyde Haramati

Susan Buchbinder

Allan Budelman

David Bugen

Mike Buie

Bunim

Stacey Burke

Anne Burris

Alyson Butler

Martin Butler

C2C Nutra LLC

Callen/Waxman Fund

Monica Callow

Canadian Fdn for the Education and Welfare of Jews of C.I.S.

Sean Canavan

Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund

Amy Caplan

CapsCanada

Stephen Capus

Regina Carbone

Carecam International, Inc.

Gayla Carney

Mark Carol

Cassuto Family

Joseph Castiglione

Catherych INC.

Celebrity Marketing

International LLC

Cellmark USA LLC

Celmark International Inc.

Centian LLC

Century 21 Associates

Foundation Inc.

Cepham Inc

Robert & Natasha Cerny

CG TC Group

Jennifer Chachkes

Mark Chaitowitz

Charities Aid Foundation

America

Gil Chasin

Jack Chehebar

Chehebar Family Foundation, Inc.

John Chenciner

Philip Cherian

Igor & Tataina Cherkas

Jonathan Cherner

Igor Cherny

Norton & Nata Chernyavsky

Rebecca Chernyavsky

David Christman

City Blossoms

Kathy Clarke

Mark Claster

Len Cocca

J Coffsky

Joshua Cohen

Franki and Steven Cohen

Myron & Nancy Cohen

Mark Cohen

Meir & Nechie Cohen

Drew Cohen & Family

Kamaya Cohen

Jody Cohen

Saul Cohen

Daniel Cohen

Colegato Foundation

Michael Coletti

Colorcon

Command Nutritional

Lina Condes Art

Congregation Adath Israel San

Francisco

Congregation Ahavath Israel of Edison, NJ

Congregation Beth Hamedrash

Hagodol

Congregation Beth Shalom Inc

Congregation Hesed Abraham

Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun

Congregation of Lakewood

Congregation of Supporters of Toronto

Congregation Ohr Torah

Congregation Rinat Yisrael

Congregation Tiferes Yaakov Inc.

Christina Connelly

Conner Stong Companies, Inc.

Robert or Donald Viny Cooper

Richard Copell

Core Elements, LLC

Louis Cosentino

Micah Cowsik-Herstand

Dana Crawford

Shawn Crowley

William Cunningham

Cunningham Construction

David & Leah Cutler

Jason Cuttler

Bartosz Dajnowski

Dalia & Joseph Cohen Charitable Fund

Luis Damato

Daniel & Tzipora Cohen Charitable Fund

Daniel Cohen PLLC

Daniella Moffson Foundation

Eileen David

David Geffen Foundation

The David Salomon Charitable Fund

Naomi & Aryeh Davis

Joseph N Davis

Henry Davis

Gooch Day

Tali Dayan

Jake and Ilana Dayan

Tyler Deeb

Gloria Deitsch

Philip & Gail Delprete

Adrienne Denese

John Denisi

Gerard Dente

David Derman

Levi Dessler

Eric Deutsch

Michael Dezer & Family

DG Historical Inc

DG3 North America Inc.

Mindy Diamond

Anne Diamond

Diamond Family Foundation

Judy Digianni

Ludmila Dinovetskiy

Jaclyn Dolinsky

Gregg Donnenfeld

Tamara Donnenfeld

The Donors’ Fund

Steve Downs

Arthur Drazan

Dreamdry NY

Brett Dresner

Sharon Dresser

Dan Drexler

Boruch Drillman

We thank the many heroes who contributed to our efforts over the last eighteen months*

David Drogin

Shalom Dubinsky

Sandy Dweck

Geoffrey & Danielle Dworkin

E. Gluck Corporation

East Hill Synagogue

Joel Eckstein

Connor Egan

Robert Egan & Family

Ruth Eget

Drew Eget

Olivia Egner

Rabbi Yitzchok Ehrman

The Eibshutz-Raphan

Foundation Inc.

Mitch Eichen

Natalie Eilemberg

Ron & Rona Eisenberg

Jacob Eisenstein

Jana Eisinger

Dov Eisner

Sarah Elana

Eli Breiner Family Fund

Marc Henry Elias

Ernest & Cheryl Elias

Max Eliscu

Susan & Charles Emby

EMFO, LLC

Engelberg Family Foundation

Eli Englard

Epstein Ostrove LLC

Ruslan Erlikh

Peter & Natalya Erlikh

Robert Errico

Ariela & Benito Esquenazi

David Estrakh & Family

Michael Etra

Eugene & Lai Wong Fdn

Evans Transportation

Express Forest

Express Trade Capital

Peter & Judy Faber

Colleen & Richard Fain

Maureen Faraci

Kristen Fargotstein

Thomas Faria

Jessica Faria

Jason Farkas

Shraga Faskowitz

Yaroslav Faybishenko

Lev Fayerman

Rochel Feder

Federation of Jewish

Communities of the C.I.S. Inc

Adi Feen

Peter Feinberg

Marc Feinberg

Richard Feinbloom

Elliot Feinerman

Y David Feit

Rebecca Feit-Sasson

Alina Feldman

Igor & Milana Feldman

Arthur Feldshteyn & Susan

Milyavsky

Amy & Howard Feller

Gedale Fenster

Eugene & Katya Fershteyn

Inna Fershteyn & Alex Ayzidor

Moshe and Riki Fhima

Fifth Age of Man Foundation

Lee Fine

Fine Family Charitable

Alan & Hayley Finkelman

Michelle Finkelshteyn

Liz & Gary Fisch

Marvin Fischman

Steven Fishman

Tal Fishman

David & Karen Fishman

Daniel Fishman

Fishoff Family Foundation

Yanina Fleysher

Renata Flider

Igor Flikshteyn

Eleanor Flomenhaft

Sheri Folkman

Harry & Jane Fischel Foundation

Edwin & Shirley Foundation

Remark Foundation

Hammes Foundation

Foundation Capital Partners

Richard Fox

Josh Fox

Ahuva Fox

Frank Family Charity Fund

Ed & Leah Frankel

Michael & Diana Frankel

Sofia Frankel

Family Menashe Frankel

Keith & Tammy Frankel

Martin Franken

Al Frd

Stanford Freedman

Ian Freedman

Tanya Freedman

Freepoint Commodities

Tami Frenkel

Michael & Sharon Freudenstein

Daniel Freuman

Yael Friedkin

Sala Friedman

Lawrence Friedman

Daniel & Lisa Friedman

Laurance Friedman

David & Judy Friedman

Aaron Friedman

David Friend

Friends of Romania Inc

Marc Frohlich

Charles Frohman

Benzion Frommer

Samuel Fruscione

The Fruscione Foundation

Doug Fuller

Slava Furman

Futernick Family Foundation

Ofir Gabriel

Thomas Gaccione

Gilles Gade

Marlen & Rimma Galitsky

Gamut Capital Management

Garbis Giving Fund

David Garfinkle

Sheryl Garner

Matthew Garten

Roman Gaydari

GDGE Fund

Stuart Gelbard

Eliot Gelernter

Noemi Geller

Howard & Joan Gellis

Julius Genachowski

Ahuva & Azriel Genack

Matthew Gershuny

Gerson Family Foundation

Efrem & Gila Gerszberg

Rose Gerszberg

Caren & Ricky Gerszberg

Jonathan & Adina Gerszberg

Seth & Emily Gerszberg

Steven Gerszberg

Kenneth Gerszberg

Cindy Gerszberg Mendelaw

Edward & Sandy Geyman

Anatoly Geyman

Donna Giambalvo

Allan & Debbie Gibber

Gary & Claire Gillan

Tracy & Marc Ginsburg

Joel and Beverly Girsky

Lois Girsky

Stephen Girsky

Bonnie Girsky-Dresner

Robert Gitmeid

Neal & Marily Gittleman

Marshall GIttler

Give Get Give

Give Lively Foundation Inc

Giving For A Cause Inc

Elliot Glanz

Barbara Glaser

Baruch & Ariel Glaubach

Melanie Glick

Glickfield Family Foundation

Shira & Mordechai Gluck

Daniel Gluck

Godinger Lefkowitz Foundation Inc.

Lewis Gold

Stewart Gold

Rachelle Gold

Elazar Goldberg

Irene Goldberg

Morey & Dena Goldberg

Ilana & Stuart Goldberg

Marc Goldenberg

Michael Goldenberg

Ighal Goldfarb

Ami Goldfein

David Goldman

Lisa Goldman

Gil Goldschein

Binjamin Goldstein

Benjamin Goldstein

Jonathan Goltser

Eugene Golyanov

Eric & Van Gons

Eric Gons

Lilly & Ezra Gontownik

Jerry & Anne Gontownik

Hillel Gontownik

Jonathan Goodrich

Barry Gordon

Mari Gorenstein

Matthew Gottesdiener

(Northland)

Rebecca Gottlieb

Lori Gottsegen

Abraham Grabel

Rabbi Boruch Yehuda and Rochel Gradon

Richard Grasso

Ira Grauberd

Barbara Green

Michael Greenberg

Rachel Greengrass

Stephen Greenspan

Greystone

Seth Gribetz

Stephen Grieder

Steven Grieder

Ronald Grodsky

Phil & Laurie Gross

Julie Gross

Martin Gross

Amy Gross

Simone Gross

Family Fishel Gross

Leslie Gross- Klaff

David Gross-Loh

Arthur Grossbard

Lynne Grossman

Yehoshua Grossman

Robyn & Shukie Grossman

Ken Gruber

Judy & Marty Grumet

Daniella & Duvi Grumet

Lev Grzhonko

David Gumpel

Daina & Greg Gurevich

Gennadiy & Olivia Gurevich

Mikhail & Julie Gurevich

Rayna Gurewicz

Zalman Gurkov

Russ Gurvits

David & Jill Guz

H Gross Family Foundation Inc

Sharon & Sinclair Haberman

Alexander Haberman

Jacob Haberman

Hagedorn Little Village School

Martin Hagerman

Daniela Hakimi

Yael Halaas

Liat Halevy

Merkaz Halimoud

Kim Haller

Eli & Rivka Hamburger

Hamilton Group

Wendy Handler

Oliver & Jane Harari

Olivier Harari

Harding Club, Inc,

Jennie Harel

Carla Harman & Warren Stieglitz

Harvey Harris

Harris Family Fund

Loren Harris-Heller

Craig Harrison

Hart N. & Simona Hasten

Family Foundation

Mordechai Hartman

Robert Hartman

Harvey & Phyllis Sandler

Foundation Inc.

Harvey & Shelli Dachs

Charitable Foundation Trust

Jacob Hascalovici

Kenneth Hasija

Bernard Hasten

Barbara Havenick & Family

Peter Hefele

George Heisel

Family Bentzion Heitner

Joshua Heller

Reuven Hellman

Gayle Helman

Daniel Henriques

Diana Henry

David Herman

Steve Herman

Herrendorf Family Foundation

Ronny & Toby Hersh

David Herskowitz

Herman & Sima Hertzberg

Family Mordy Herzog

Hilco Trading LLC

Jon Hirschtick

Hirschtick Family Charitable

Gift Fund

Kim Hirsh

Joseph Hoch

Jeffrey Hochman

Avi Hoffer

Yaniv Hoffman

Janel & Kenneth Hoffman

Judah & Hillary Holland

Laura Holm

TW Fine Art

Honeywell International Charity

Matching

Robert Hostetler

HR Industries, Inc.

HSBC

Gunther Hsue

Harry Hudesman

Sean Huggins

Scot Hunter

Elliot Huss

Joseph Hyman

David Ickowicz

Ideavillage

Erik Ikhilov

Gregory Ikhilov

David Illingworth

Indfrag Biosciences Inc

Milan Indrisek

Tripak Industries

International Fellowship of Christians and Jews

Yaacov Isaacs

Randi Isaacs

Israel Discount Bank of New York

Jesse Izak

J.C. Kellog Foundation Fund

Joseph Jacober

Michel Jacober

Menachem Jacobs

JAFCO

Mordechai Jakubovic

Gad & Marlene Janay

Janice Lieber Staller Charity Fund Inc

Chaim Jaskoll

JBZ Management

Jeffrey M. Talpins Foundation

Nickolas Jekogian

Samuel Jesselson

Jewish Communal Fund

Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest NJ

Jewish Federation of North America (JFNA)

Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey (JFNNJ)

Jewish National

Jewish Venture Philanthropic Fund

Jiaherb Inc.

Jill & Jay Berstein Family Foundation

JJM Packaging LLC

Beth Shapiro Johnson

Johnson & Johnson/Matching

Gifts Program

Elizabeth Johnston

T Jordan

Israel Mor Jossef

Leora Kadisha and Family

Nathan Kadisha & Family

Neil Kadisha & Family

Tobias Kahan

Jarrod Kahn

Frederic & Wendy Kahn

Sidney Kahn

Matthew Kairys

Daniel Kalai

Tanya & Sergey Kalinskiy

Irene Kalishman

Julie Kampf

Steve Kaplan

Linda & Jay Kaplan

Robert Kaplan

Jesse Kaplan

Rochelle Karp

Julian Karpoff

Arnaud Karsenti

Isidore Karten

Vitaliy Katsenelson

Daniel Katz

Lori Katz

Brian Katz

Aliza Katz

Ethan Katz

Dorit Katzenelenbogen

Carol Kaufman

David & Tehilla Kaufman

Alexander Kaushansky

Harold & Linda Kay

Lani Kaye

Angelina Kaye

Aari Kazarnovsky

Amy Kellogg

Daniel Kempler

Alana Kenigsberg

Mark Kennelley & Family

James Kerner

Avrohom J Kess

Ethan Keswin

Julietta Khaimova

Danny Khalil

Khalil Realty Inc.

Joseph Khaloo

Jacob & Milena Khotoveli

Nadav Kidron

Andrew Kile

Elana Kipp

Kirkland & Ellis Foundation

Olya & Arik Kislin

Michael Klapper

Stan & Michelle Kleger

Jacob and Alice Klein

Mervin Klein

Daniel S Klein

Edward Klein

Symcha Klerer

The Alex Kleyner Family

Kline Family Foundation

Michael Klinger

Mindy Klugman

Jacob I Knobel

Maryanne Knutson

Kohl Charitable Fund

Jeffrey Kohn

Kolatch Family Foundation

Michael Kolber

Vladimir Koldayev

Steve Kole

Jack Kolker

Charles Komar

Sari Kopitnikoff

Michael & Miryam Kops

David Koptiev

Joel Kornbluth

Vadim Korneyev

Amit Kort

Micole & Oren Koslowe

David Kramer

Steven Krasnomowitz

Carol Kraut & Milt Merritt

Lenny Krayzelburg

Robert Kreitman

David Kreizer

Barry & Kringstein

Igor Krivor

Russ Krivor

Alex & Tatyana Krivoruchko

Tanya & Nathan Krohn

Mark Krupnik

Andrew & Mirelle Kruskal

Refael & Ayalla Kruskal

KSF Management

Michael Kundin

Scott Kursman

Rebecca Kurz

Chris Kyriakides

Brian LaBovick

Lackland Associates

Leo Ladyzhensky

Danielle Laker

Karen Lambert

Ann Lamet-Lebowitz

Lamm & Kanchik Families

Mark Lamoriello

Johni Landau

Juliette Landesman

LandL Painting Co

Oleg & Christina Langbort

Daniel Lapa

Erez Lapsker

Adam Lauer

Richard Lauritano

Law offices of Ilona Finkelshteyn

Lawrence & Rebecca Stern

Family Foundation

Lay Logistics LLC

Leah & Shmuel Segal Charitable

Fund

Theodore LeCompte

Leeba Gavriella Fund for the Needy

Jeffrey & Marci Lefkovits

Lefkovits Family

Emily Lehrman

Doron Leiby

Igor Lemb

Justin Lesnoy

Letterone Finance USA Inc

Bruce & Karen Levenson

Eta Krasna levenson

Howard & Rhonda Levin

Jahn Levin

Michele & Robert Levin

Seymour & Susan Levine

David Levine

Elaine LeVine

Michael Levine

Edwin Levine

Eyal Levit & Family

Steven Levy

Andre Levy

Larry Levy

Andrew Levy

Family Hilel Lewis

Tom Leydiker & Family

James Li

CURIO Bazaar

Mordechai & Vicky Lichtenstein

Sarah Lieber

Avi Lieberman

David Lieberman

Jerry & Eileen Lieberman

David Lieberman

Lorne & Chaya Lieberman

Mindy Liebman

Nathan & Shari Lindenbaum

Brian Lipman

Family Brett Lipman

Sheryl Lipman

Gary Lippman

Jay Lipsey

Ilya Lipsman

Xiaolan Liu

Live Proxies INC.

Miranda Lobell

Lodaat LLC

Patricia Logerfo

Liza Logounova

Anthony Lomangino

Audrey Lones

Lonsdale Family Philanthropic

Fund

Lawrence Lorber

Lotto Sport

Judith Lovitch

Monte Lowe

Thomas Lowe

Yaakov Luban

Yosef Luban

Vincenzo Lucibello

Lucky 7 Auto Body

Samuel Lupin

Michael Lupo

Michael & Natalie Lupolover

Trine Lustig

Chavi & Eli Lutz

Marc Luzatto

Elysse Madonna

Julia Maksimova

Esther Malamud

Robert Mandel

Michele Mandel

Elliott Mandelbaum

Alan Mann

Joseph Mannello

Mapelane Capital LLC

Marchon Eyewear

Stephanie Marcus

David & Fanny Marcus

Pearl Margareten

Daniel Margolies

H J Margolis

Adam Margules

Igor Margulyan & Family

Mark & Janelle Mariani

Marian & Keith Marlowe

Marshfield Associates Inc

The Martha & Warren Halle Foundation, Inc.

Alvin Martin

Marty D. Litt Family Fund

David Marwick

David Marx

David Maryles

Louis Massry

Richard Master

Mastercard Impac Corp

Scott Matasar

Philip & Nancy Max

Maximum Human Performance

Alex Maydan

Robert Mayer

Yoel Mayerfeld

Mazars USA LLP

David Mazie

Kevin Mazo

Peter Mazzola

Jeff McCarthy

John McCormick

Thomas McGurn

Christine McWalters

Edward McWilliams

Binyomin Medetsky

Dennis Mehiel

Bradley Meier

Tossing Meistel

Eitan Melamed

James Mellaci

Melvin R. Goodes Family Fdn

Mentzel Haber Family

Charitable Fund

Cathy Mercer

Sophia Merkin

Daniel & Janet Mermel

Jonah Mermelstein

Timothy Mersov

Mervis Family Foundation

K Meshulash

We thank the many heroes who contributed to our efforts over the last eighteen months*

Paul Metcalf

Marina Meyer

Gail Meyers

Ellen Meyerson

Moshe Michael

Michael Barenholtz

Mikhaylovva Giving Fund

Milberg Factors/ Dan Milberg

Meir & Rocky Milgraum

Lori Miller

Miriam Miller

Karen Miller

Rabbi Naftali Miller

John Mills

Charles Mills

Stephen & Eve Milstein

Monroe & Henrietta Milstein

Mary Minow

Martha Minson

Steve Mintz

Miriam & Jeremy Fox Charitable

Fund

Stuart Mitchell

Alan & Liz Mitrani

Mixology LLC

Miz Mooz

Cheston Lara Mizel

Jeffrey Mollin

Morasha Olami Inc.

Arthur Jay Morgan

Robert Morgan

Howard Lee Morgan

Morgan Stanley Annual Appeal

Campaign

Morgan Stanley Global Impact

Fund

Mary Jean Moriarty

Morris Weiser Family

Foundation

Deborah Morton

Mosaic United Ltd

Ari Moses

Zichron Moshe

Philip & Carol Moskowitz

Andrew & Liana Moss

Ebrahim Moussazadeh

Mr. Gummy Vitamins LLC

Multi Parts Supply USA, Inc.

Lee Murnick

Maxine Murnick

Mike Muzzy

MVSB Family Fdn Inc

Scott Nadler

Brett & Susan Nadritch

Bruce Nagel

Shlomo Nahmias

NAI Miami

Prathamesh Naik

Naiman Clarke

Gregory Nalbandian

Patricia Nash

Joseph Nath

Nathan & Yael Bakst Fund

National Council of Young Israel

National Debt Relief

National Packaging Services, Inc

Naturex

Seth Nayowitz

Hedy & Benjamin Nazarian

Moshe Netzer

Yehuda Neuberger

Yehuda & Anne Neuberger

Neuberger Berman Coro

Adam & Rebecca Neumann

Charles & Michele Neusch

New York Empire Baseball Camp

Scott & Wendy Newman

NFP Holdings

Stephe Nicholas

The Nicholas J. and Anna K.

Bouras Foundation, Inc.

David Nicholson

Debbie Niderberg

Nieman & Nieman

Jamin Nixon

Alex Niyazov

Jason Nizialek

Nonna & Bradley Pierre

Renee Nussbaum

Carrie & Jed Nussbaum

David Nussbaum

Oak Foundation

Andrew Obin

Ohl Family

Eric Oishi

Leon Oks

Joshua Olshin

Opal Holdings

Dov Oppenheim

Eyal Oren

Organic Supply

Adina Ornstein

Khristian Ospina

Herzka Ostricher

Herbert Ouida

Overnight Labels, Inc.

Overtime Production

Owen Charitable Foundation

Jeremy Oxer

Package All

Phillip Padgett

Mitchell & Karen Padnos

Eric & Shirley Paley

Pamela & Arthur Sanders

Family Fund

Michael Paolercio

Arthur & Nicole Papas

Kenneth Pape

George Papp

Amarish Parikh

Michael Parker

Parkset Reality Inc

Angelo Parlanti

Stuart Parmet

Diane Parsons

Partners In Giving

Daniel Pascheles

Patriarch Charitable

Harvey Pava

James Pavel

Prashant & Polina Pawar

Keith Peckman

Pamela Pekerman Tenenbayev & Steven Tenenbayev

The Pentecost Foundation

Arthur Percy

Hanoj Perez

Joseph Perlstein

Sam Permutt

Nicholas Perricone

Pfizer Inc./Capsugel/Lonza

Pharm-RX Chemical Corp.

Pharmaseal Packaging LLC

Roni & Robert Pick

Wendy Pincus

The Pincus Family Foundation

Michael Pinewski

Nicholas Pinfold

Linda Pinkus

Philip Piscopo

Tom Pizza

Jack Polatsek

Everett Pollak

Porky Products Inc

Chaim Poupko

Steve & Linda Poznak

Sanford Preizler

Preylock Real Estate

Alan Proctor

Prospect Park Jewish Center

Craig Prupis

Michael Puder

R & W Goldstein Fund

Arthur Rabin

Noah Rabinsky

Howard Rabner

Stuart & Deborah Rabner

Arjun Rakholia

Leonid Rakitin

Rambam Day School at Temple

Beth Am

Yaakov Rappaport

Richard Rappaport & Family

Dennis Ratner

Susan Redlich

Reform Temple of Jupiter/ Tequesta, Inc.

Steven & Jodi Reich

Reich Family Charitable Trust

Albert Reisch

Eugene Reizis

Renn Sanchez Family Fund

Brian Renzi

Alex Renzin

Repromatic Printing Co., Inc.

David Resnick

Rev TR Bier-Weiner

Rudy Revak

Leonid Reyfman

Alexander Reyngold

Douglas Reynolds

RG Glass Creatio

Jason Rhodes

Alvin Ribiat

Brian Rich

Paul Rich

Ridel Group LLC

Mati Rikman

Nonna Rimar

Kenneth Ripstein

Tyler Ris

Matthew Rita

Grupo RBH Rivas

Alan Robbins

Robert & Linda Friedman Fdn

Robert Karp Container Corp.

Peter Robertiello

Donna Roberts

Fred & Jill Robustelli

Rochem International Inc

Josh Rochlin

Rock Solid Reality NJ Corp

Claudia Roden

Laura Rodgers

Rodger Rohde

Laurel Rolnick

Ronn Torossian

Gary Rose

Brad Rose

Scott & Leigh Rose

Linda Rose

Rhonda Rose-Drecksler

Larry Roseman

Mark Rosen

Steven Rosen

Lisa Rosen

Rosen Family Charitable Fund

Holly Rosenblum

Arnold Rosenblum

Heather Rosenfeld

Rachel & Maury Rosenfeld

Rosenthal & Rosenthal

Robert Roskind

Kira Rosoff

Harvey Ross

Yechiel Rotblat

Sylvia Rotblat

Ira J Rothblut

Lew & LaVonda Rothman

Gita Rothschild-Berry

Aron Rovner

Josef & Elayne Rovner

Joshua Rovner

Martin Rozenblum

Rubenstein Foundation

Rachelle Rubin

David Rubin

Yelena Rubinshteyn

Ariella Ruderman

Wayne Rudolph

Jim Ruffalo

Rumson Country Day School

Katherine Ruppert

Jesse Rutta

RZH Foundation

S.Z. Freundlich Family Foundation, Inc.

Richard Saburro

Alena Sadiyayeva

Elliot Safier

Safra Foundation

Malka Safrin

Elie Salomon

Samit Family Foundation

Theresa Samples

Eric & Sheila Samson

Benjamin Samuels

Olav Sandnes

Gurinder Sangha

Lewis Sank

Dari Santaniello

Sarik Auto Body, Inc.

Edward Satell

Elizabeth & Ira Savetsky

Adam Sawyer

Charles Sawyer

Henry Schachar

William Schacter

Robert Schaeffer

Barry Schanzer

Kenneth Schapiro

Seth & Margie Scharf

Jonathan & Lisa Schechter

Mark Scheinberg

Marc Scherr

Scherr Family Foundation

Erica Scherzer

Vicky Schiff

Amanda Schiller

Yishai Schimmel

Family Schimmel

Lizzy Schlesinger

Seth Schlussel

Renee Schmell

Kaitlin Schmidt

Lisa Schneider

Dovid Schnell

Gene & Anna Schneur

Elliot & Jocelyn Schnier

David Schnier

Stan & Lynn Schoen

Deena Schoenfeld

Esther Ruth Schoonover

Laurence Schreiber

Hillel Schreiber

Steven Schreiber

Zev Schulhof

Richard Schulz

Judith Schuster

David Schwadron

Joshua Schwalbe

Stuart Schwardron

Debbie Schwartz

Jodi Schwartz

David Schwartz

Jack & Margo Schwartz

Mali & Steve Schwartz

Shani Schwartz

Barry Schwartz

Adam Schwartz

Benjamin Schwartz

Sonya Schwartz

H. Schwarz

Scott Savin Charitable Trust

Di Segni

Vivian Seidner

Shaynie Seinfeld

Natalja Sekhan

Linda Seligman

Jeffrey Selinger

Barry Semel Weinstein

Steve Seminerio

Oren Sendowski

Steven Serebro

Arielle Setton

Rachel Shafier

Joseph Shain

Floyd Shapiro

Kenneth Shapiro

Deborah Shapiro

Shapiro Family Giving Fund

Artur Sharf

Robert & Ramy Sharp

Leon & Irina Shaulov

Vadim Shelomyanov

Shema Yisrael

Pauline Shender

Steven Shenker

Sherman Wells

Bryan Shetsky

Jeremy Shevach

Shirley & Bruce Stein Legacy

Fund

Irina Shiyan

Albert Shklyar

Tiffany Shlain

Yehuda & Rebecca Shmidman

Michael Shmuely

Farshid Shokouhi

Sandy Sholl

Sholl Freede Foundation

Shomrei Torah Norbert Schloss

Memorial Charity Fund

Irina Shpigel

Neil Shulman

Florina Shutin

Siata DS Inc.

Alan & Carol Sidell

Carol & David Sidman

Jackie Siegal

Arlo Siegal

Rebecca Silverstein

Barbara Silber

Charles Silber

Leah Silberman

David Silberman

Michael Silverman

Michael & Madeline Silverman

Steve & Lori Silverman

Shmaya silverman

Yosef Simons

Joseph Singer

The Sirkin Family Charitable Foundation

Patrick Sivolella

Susan Sklarin

Skybrook Capital

Ryan Slamon

Steven Slotkin

SLS Leasing Fund I, LLC

Donald Smith

Brenda Smith

SMK Global

Mary Jane Snider

Todd Snyder

Leon Sokolic

Menachem Solomon

Solomon Org Charitable Trust

Soros Fund Charitable Foundation

Sozialhilfe

J. Steven & Margret Spector

Zorik & Ellen Spektor

Christopher Spence

Rafi Spero

SPF Entertainment

Theodore Spiegel

Errol Spiro

Michael Spivak

Spodek Family Foundation

Alin Srivastava

Daniel Stacy

Raphael Stahl

Andrew & Robin Stamelman

Abby Stamelman-Hocky

Stampfer Foundation

Mark Stanisci

Mattis & Janet Stavsky

Henry & Sherri Stein

Joanne Stein

Barry Stein

Ethan Stein

Jack Steinberg

Alan Steinberg

Ira & Amy Steinberg

Cubby Steinhart

Noah Stern

Peter & Marina Stern

Jacob & Nikki Sternberg

Steven J Silverman Charity

Russell Stoch

Steven & Vicki Stolberg

Rebecca Stone

Storch Realty Inc

Stracq Inc.

Lizzy Straus

Joyce & Daniel Straus

Robert Stricker

Blake & Stephanie Stuchin

Yisroel Stuhl

Daniel Stuzin

Superior Staffing LLC

Wendy & Gregory Supon

Shira Suveyke

Tim Sweeney

Sy Syms Foundation

Michael Sydney

T & D Daniel Charitable Fund

Moris & Lillian Tabacinic

Talk Psych To Me Podcast

Tanya Mayer Giving

Marci Tapper

Saul Tawil

Shannon & John Taylor

TCamp S Technologies

Chani & Jason Teigman

Moshe Teitz

Telebrands Corp.

Temple Beth AM/ Rabbi Barras

Temple Beth Am Sisterhood

Stanislav Teplyakov

Vontoba Terry

Ira and Nan Theodore

Richard & Mary Lou Thrush

Thylan-Nussbaum Family

Charitable Rund

Peter Tiflinsky

John Tighe

Chana Tilis

Seth Timen

Christopher Tisi

TMG

Tobin Family Foundation

Torah Umesorah - National

Society for Hebrew Day Schools

Sally Torin

John Trani

Rochella Treitel

Arkadiy Tsinis

Noam Turgeman

Tomer Tzur

Mark & Candy Udell

Tom Uhlman

UJA Federation of New York

Daniel Uretsky

Kenneth Usdin

Vaad Hatzalah for New York

Valley Container

Mauricio Van Dam

Angela Van Houten

Vandale Industries, Inc.

Reuven Veksler

Verdi Family

Village Green Shul

Ron Vinder

Virginia Dare Extract Co., Inc.

Ted Virtue and Family

Vitacare Pharma, LLC

Vitalhealth Tech, Inc.

Alan & Caryn Viterbi

Denise Vizcarra

W. Kodak Jewelers of Hoboken

LLC

Wacks/McNally Family Fund

Renee Wainberg Averbach

Joseph Waknine

Steven & Helene Walsey

Terry Walzman

Daniel & Sara Walzman

Wandering Que

Anthony Wasserman

Leah Wasserman

Melissa Weidhorn

Dana Weinbach

Rose & Yitzy Weinberg

Eric Weinberg

Paul Weinberg

Beverley Weinberger

Gail Weiner

Jonathan and Michal Weinstein

Adam & Jodi Weinstein

Mark Weinstein

Jake Weintraub

Howard & Tova Weiser

Jon Weisgal

Barton & Shirley Weisman

Mutti Weiss

Allan & Cathy Weiss

Dena Weiss

Jordan & Carol Weiss

Rowan Welcome

Kim & Finn Wentworth

Family Shlomo Werdiger

Maeira Werthenschlag

Anthony Westreich

Debi Wheeler

Benjamin & Naomi White

Dana White

Moshe Wiesel

Larry Wieseneck

Gretchen Wilcox

Avraham Wilhelm

Yosef Wilhelm

Ronnie Wilhelm

Joseph & Kim Willen

William & Dewey Edelman

Charitable Trust

Chris Williford

Windermere Insurance Group

LLC

Windmill Health Products, LLC

Suzanne Winkelman

Cypy Winkler

Alec Wisch

Delbert & Judy Wisdom

Ed Wise

Laurence Wiseman

Jerry Wishner

Michael Witmondt

John Wolf

Bill Wolfe

Family Reuven Wolff

Samuel Wolfson

Roger Wolfson

Family Aaron Wolfson

Wolfson Giving Fund

Jay & Ann Wolverton

Evan Wong

Gerard Woods

World Central Kitchen

World Jewish Relief

Andrew Wrublin

Merrill Wynne

Wynstar Corp

David Xing

Erik & Rimma Yankelovich

Anthony Yanni

Yeshivah of Flatbush

Peter Yeskel

Amit Yonay

Yosef Meystel Fund

Zoe Zaro

David Zaslowsky

Jean Zauderer

Judd & Laura Zeberssky

Dale Zeide

Ally Zeitz

Aaron Zelikovich

Avy mendel zevi

Xiu-yan Zhang

Dmitry Zhernovsky

Effy & Devora Zinkin

P Richard Zitelman

Irine Zlochebsky

Richard Zonderman

Heather Zuckerman

Zweig Law Firm

Zxchem USA Inc

Jeffrey Zygler

We thank the many heroes who contributed to our efforts over the last eighteen months*

You can help us

Here is what your support can do for our community:

$180 Provides wardrobe for two children in our care

$360 Covers school lunches for a week for 18 orphans in Romania

$500 Provides meals for 45 students to take home to their families in Odessa

$1,000

Feeds ten orphans in Romania for one week

$3,600 Sponsors 2 TiKVA teacher’s salaries for one month

$5,000 Provides rent, food, and basic care to a family being evacuated to our site in Romania for two months

$10,000 Provides housing in Romania for 24 refugees for a month

$18,000

Sponsors a bus to evacuate refugees out of the war zone and provides them with 2 days food for their journey

$25,000 Sponsors the monthly rental cost of the girls or boys school building in Romania ($25k/ month each)

$50,000

Feeds all 230 orphans in Romania for two weeks

$100,000

Feeds our refugee community of 1,000 people for one week

Major Budget Items

Lodging & Security $6.6M

Food $3.9M

Organize a fundraiser in your home/workplace/community, or on a social media platform. Please email info@TikvaOdessa.org to get started

Odessa Operations $3.5M

c/o Lori