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Mission with Devotion
The staff of the Rubin-Zeffren Children’s Home includes
first-rate excellent, qualified and trained personnel: Director
Mendy Schwartz, Educational Director, the senior House Mother, House
Mother for each wing, psychologist, psychiatrist, social worker,
tutoring coordinator, 32 tutors, afternoon activity counselors, 28
permanent counselors (one counselor for every 5 girls, on permanent
assignment), social activities counselor, activity club leaders,
cook, laundry manager, office staff, nutritionist, therapist and in
charge of medical services, maintenance people and housekeeping
staff.
Gavriel Rosenberg,
Executive Director, Lev LaLev
“I have served as the leader of Lev LaLev since 2005,
upon the bidding of the Rebbe of Sanz-Klausenberg,
who's father, z'tl, founded the Children's Home in 1961. I consider
it my life's duty and responsibility to live up
to the values set by the current and previous Rebbe's, whose mission
it was and remains, to care for the less fortunate throughout
Israel.”
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Chaya Feuerman, LCSW-R,
Director of Development, Lev LaLev |
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“From the day I arrived at Lev LaLev, I could not help but
feel the sincerity and commitment of the Lev LaLev
administration, to do everything possible, beyond the
basics, for the girls at the Home. My personal goal is to
strive to enable the fulfillement of the girls' physical,
emotional and spiritual needs, to the best of my ability, as
I do for my own children.” |
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Rabbi Mendy Schwartz,
Executive Director, Rubin and
Zeffren Children's Home |
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“In my capacity as director, I feel personally committed to forging the
girls’ personalities so that they can set forth to meet the
challenges of life having had a normal, healthy joyful childhood. This is why we are
investing all the necessary resources that are required to
do so, in terms of human as well as financial resources: a professional staff, each
and everyone of whom considers our task as a mission of top importance. With such a feeling and attitude, the work seems something
altogether different, and quite extraordinary in dedication.
We must
emphasize also that the girls themselves feel as devoted to the goals,
which has a tremendously positive effect on their
development.” |
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Gitti
Shmerler, Educational Director
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“One of the things that make us special is the fact that
everything is done to provide the girls with a feeling of
living in a warm family. Even when there is unofficial
giving, not funded by the social service authorities, such
as undergraduate studies, or certain clothing past what is
absolutely essential, we keep in touch with ‘our girls’
beyond the age of 18 as well.” |
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Gittit Gutotter,
Psychologist |
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“The Rubin-Zeffren Children’s Home takes in the most difficult cases. We
are dealing with very severe behavioral problems and disturbances. However, through unending unconditional love provided over a
long term, in a gradual therapeutic treatment plan, we have had extremely high rates of success. Many times we also take in our
residents’ younger sisters, as our main objective is to create a stable family feeling.” |
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Maya
Allalouf, House Mother
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“The staff gives individual attention to each girl, as the
work takes place in small groups to give each girl many
opportunities for development without getting lost in the
crowd. What is very important to all of us in the Home is
that each girl is a world unto herself, an individual with
her own unique needs. We do the best that we can to fulfill
those needs. The result is my strong ties to ‘my girls,’ so
strong that sometimes people around me think that they are
literally my own daughters.” |
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Shoshana
Hershkovitz, Social Worker |
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“I see each girl once or twice a week for a personal talk as
well as for therapy, using different expressive means, such
as play, art, drama, group work
and other modes. We try to invest efforts in each girl way
beyond the minimum so that they can live as normal lives as
possible.”
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