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Fundraiser in Honor of Anat Kimchi
**This project is through a GoFundMe charity campaign. GoFundMe does not take any fees for this type of campaign. All of the money donated is given directly to the non-profit organization Migdal Ohr and is 100% tax deductible.**
Anat Kimchi, Charles E Smith Jewish Day School alumnus of 2008 and Criminal Justice PhD student at the University of Maryland, passed away on Saturday, June 19, 2021 at the age of 31. As friends of Anat, we would like to honor her by raising money for a cause she was dedicated to supporting. Anat believed in the power of a person to grow from hardships and difficulties. In the field of criminal justice, Anat worked on finding the best way to help people convicted of crimes to rehabilitate. Anat believed that with proper guidance and support, a person could come out of prison with a new and positive lease on life. In Anat's honor, and given her love for Israel, Judaism and Justice, we are raising funds to support Migdal Ohr's Prisoner Rehabilitation Program.
Please join us in supporting Migdal Ohr's program in order to continue Anat's legacy. We hope Anat's parents, brothers, and loved ones will find comfort in seeing that Anat's values live on with all those who have been impacted by her.
Anat's parents are aware of Migdal Ohr's work and touched by the efforts to support this organization in memory of Anat. The Kimchi family will be notified of every donation.
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Here is more information about Migdal Ohr's Prisoner Rehabilitation Program:
Migdal Ohr’s Prisoner Rehabilitation Program, offers emotional and spiritual support to Israeli prisoners and enables them to integrate into society and lead productive lives.
Over 40 years ago, Yitzchak David Grossman went to a correctional facility to visit the brother of a young man that he met in Migdal HaEmek, Israel. Today, ten Israeli prisons facilitate what has since become one of the largest and most dynamic prisoner rehabilitation programs in Israel. Yitzchak David Grossman has since been awarded the Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement for his contributions to Israeli Society.
The participants in the program receive counseling, job training, a strengthened connection to core Jewish values, and more. They are housed in a separated, designated section of the prison with a positive atmosphere conducive to rehabilitation.
A true miracle of this program is its low recidivism rates standing at 10%. According to the latest statistics, 90% of the program participants do not return to prison or repeat offenses, as opposed to the rest of the Israeli prison population, where, on average, 90% do return to prison.
The program is recognized by the government of Israel as a prestigious program and runs in some of the largest prisons from the North to the South of the country.
Over 1,000 prisoners participate in this program each year.
Anat Kimchi, Charles E Smith Jewish Day School alumnus of 2008 and Criminal Justice PhD student at the University of Maryland, passed away on Saturday, June 19, 2021 at the age of 31. As friends of Anat, we would like to honor her by raising money for a cause she was dedicated to supporting. Anat believed in the power of a person to grow from hardships and difficulties. In the field of criminal justice, Anat worked on finding the best way to help people convicted of crimes to rehabilitate. Anat believed that with proper guidance and support, a person could come out of prison with a new and positive lease on life. In Anat's honor, and given her love for Israel, Judaism and Justice, we are raising funds to support Migdal Ohr's Prisoner Rehabilitation Program.
Please join us in supporting Migdal Ohr's program in order to continue Anat's legacy. We hope Anat's parents, brothers, and loved ones will find comfort in seeing that Anat's values live on with all those who have been impacted by her.
Anat's parents are aware of Migdal Ohr's work and touched by the efforts to support this organization in memory of Anat. The Kimchi family will be notified of every donation.
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Here is more information about Migdal Ohr's Prisoner Rehabilitation Program:
Migdal Ohr’s Prisoner Rehabilitation Program, offers emotional and spiritual support to Israeli prisoners and enables them to integrate into society and lead productive lives.
Over 40 years ago, Yitzchak David Grossman went to a correctional facility to visit the brother of a young man that he met in Migdal HaEmek, Israel. Today, ten Israeli prisons facilitate what has since become one of the largest and most dynamic prisoner rehabilitation programs in Israel. Yitzchak David Grossman has since been awarded the Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement for his contributions to Israeli Society.
The participants in the program receive counseling, job training, a strengthened connection to core Jewish values, and more. They are housed in a separated, designated section of the prison with a positive atmosphere conducive to rehabilitation.
A true miracle of this program is its low recidivism rates standing at 10%. According to the latest statistics, 90% of the program participants do not return to prison or repeat offenses, as opposed to the rest of the Israeli prison population, where, on average, 90% do return to prison.
The program is recognized by the government of Israel as a prestigious program and runs in some of the largest prisons from the North to the South of the country.
Over 1,000 prisoners participate in this program each year.
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