Rabbi Uriel Malul and volunteer Dalia Hillman diligently work to feed the hungry of Jerusalem whether Christian, Jewish or Muslim, all are welcome.
You can make a tax deducible gift to Ichlu Reim through PTWF. 100% of the funds collected will go to the charity.
Elderly Holocaust survivors from Eastern Europe living in North Jerusalem are assisted by Pave the Way Foundation.
Pave the Way Foundation Director in Israel Sam Philipe, locates specific, unfilled needs of poor and needy people in Israel. Sam initiated our “Project Baby” wherein PTWF assisted poor Jewish, Christian and Muslim mothers receive gift baskets of one month supplies of baby formula, diapers and toys.
Sam asked us to intercede on behalf of poor Holocaust survivors living in subsidized “Beit Gil Hazahav” housing in Jerusalem, These people only recently emigrated to Israel from the former Soviet Union. The down blankets we distributed provide warmth for them during the winter months. We have distributed hundreds of blankets in many different facilities at Beit Gilhazav, Jerusalem
We gratefully acknowledge the financial assistance for this project from:
The supporters of and the Board of Directors and Advisors of Pave the Way Foundation
IIchlu Reim- Rabbi Uriel Malul and Dalia Hillman
Sam and Shirley Philipe
Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, NY Board of Rabbis
The Jewish Community of Santa Barbara, California Mr. Michael Ressler
Harry Epstein
Norman Weisfeld
Arthur Spiegel
Cornelius Matwijecky
Harry Epstein and Gary and Meredith Krupp of PTWF distributing blankets.
Shirley Philpe of PTWF handing blankets to the needy.
Gary Krupp acknowledges those who contributed to this project. PTWF volunteer Michael Barbuck distributes blankets.
In addition to the blankets project, Ichloo Reim and Rabbi Uriel Malul (above right) run a soup kitchen where they provide meals for these needy people. They only have the funds for one meal a month and so we are seeking help from anyone who wishes to participate in this project and provide meals once a week. The cost is $3,500 for 258 meals per week for one month.
PTWF is keenly aware of the concept of “the Gesture.” Mindful of this, we have used gestures in almost all of our projects to demonstrate something concrete, something one can see and feel, as a means to “pave the way” to positive relations and open paths to better understanding between the faiths. This is particularly important to children, in combating the intentional distortion of religious and prophetic texts, which has been used as a tool to teach bigotry and hatred. Food is the most basic of human needs, and helping provide for a newborn baby is a universal gesture of caring and could not be more fundamentally vital.
Personally managed through our advisors in Israel, famed sculptor Sam Philipe and Fr. Angelo Ison OFM, PTWF has begun a project, wherein basic baby supplies are made available to moms and families on public assistance in Israel. The difference is that our gifts are not restricted to one group. One third goes to Muslim moms, one third to Christian moms and one third to Jewish moms. We hope to expand this throughout the region. We are told by the welfare department that no one is helping in this critical area of need.
PTWF is currently seeking to advance this project by soliciting religious institutions to support the families of other religions. Churches will adopt a Jewish and Muslim family, Synagogues will adopt a Christian and Muslim family and Mosques will adopt a Christian and Jewish family. Each family will receive a six-month supply of baby formula and diapers for their child, and the supporting institutions will be able to meet the family and engage them if anyone travels to the region. The giving institution will receive a beautiful silver sculpture created by Sam Philipe as a thank you for their participation and generosity, along with press coverage on our website and with the international media.
If you, or someone you know wishes to sponsor a needy family, please email us at office@ptwf.org and let us know you wish to help. The cost of six months’ supply of baby formula, diapers and some toys is approximately $525.00 per family.
OUR DONORS for Project Baby- 100% of the money collected goes to this most important gesture:
Christian and Muslim moms are given these much needed gifts of love through the help of Fr. Peter Vasko OFM, President of the Franciscan Foundation of the Holy Land and Fr. Angelo Ison, OFM Special Advisor to PTWF Jerusalem. This funding comes from the Islamic Center of Long Island as a gesture of good will and loving humanity.
Nick Drexel, Meredith Krupp and Sam Philipe of PTWF present some of the gift baskets to Mr. Alian Hamed, Director of the East Jerusalem Welfare Center. These are being given to needy Arab moms. One comment was that the moms couldn’t believe the thoughtfulness, concern and friendship the baskets represent. Right – Sam is greeted by Jewish recipients.
Merry Krupp and Sam Philipe distribute gifts to Jewish moms. The money for these packages came from the Islamic Center of Long Island, New York.
Directors Gary and Meredith Krupp and Dan and Cyndi Buttafuoco plant three olive trees on the Mount of Olives to commemorate the three Abrahamic Faiths.
PTWF representative in Israel Sam Philipe delivers donated iPads to a school for disabled children.
“Operation Cleansweep” PTWF Director in Israel Sam Philipe, PTWF Advisor Mahmud Ashayer, and Youth Director Abdulla Kisswani in East Jerusalem initiated Operation Cleansweep. PTWF is hiring Israeli Palestinian kids from the Mount of Olives to clean the streets in East Jerusalem, which are full of garbage and debris.
Such is the story of the Philippine government’s actions, during World War II to save the lives of the Jewish people from the death camps of Europe. On November 29, 2007, a monument, commemorating the efforts of the Philippine government to save the of the victims of the inhumanities of the Nazi regime, will be dedicated in Rishon LeZion, Israel. The Philippine government issued over 30,000 passports to European jews in an attempt to bring them out from the flames of hatred and persecution. Sadly, only 1,000 people were able to get out using these passports, but the message of the spirit of human caring must be broadcast around the world as an example of action rather than apathy.
Open doors is the monument, which is being erected in Rishon Israel and PTWF is proud to participate in this effort to educate and commemorate. The primary funds for this magnificent monument came from the Philippine business community and from the individual fundraising efforts of the staff of the Philippine embassy in Tel Aviv.
PTWF is accepting donations for the final expenses of this project and the scholarship fund. 100% of the funds collected will go to this most importance recognition.
Pave the Way Foundation Director in Israel, Fr. Angelo Ison helps Gary and Meredith Krupp deliver the PTWF contribution check to Ambassador Itzhak Oren, Project Chairman and the Philippine’s Ambassador to Israel, Gilberto Asuque.
On May 27th, 2006, Gary Krupp, President of Pave the Way Foundation, along with the Board of Directors and Advisors, special guests and contributors, presented a unique sculpture representing a monument to be placed in Poland, the homeland of Pope John Paul II. This event was held at a papal dedication ceremony in Wadowice, Poland, the birth place of Pope John Paul II.
This project was planned with Jerzy Kluger, lifetime friend of Pope John Paul II, his wife Ilene Kruger, and H.Em. Stanislaw Cardinal Dziwisz, Secretary to the Pope for over forty years.
PTWF delegation in Auschwitz May 28, 2006 presenting the statue of a Polish monument depicting Pope John Paul II to the Chief Rabbi of Poland, Rabbi Schudrich. Pictured from PTWF with Rabbi Schudrich left to right: Rabbi and Mrs. Benjamin Blech, Rabbi Schudrich, Sculpturer Sam Philipe, Gary Krupp, Elliot Hershberg, Meredith Krupp, and Karen Hershberg.
The finished monument will be in commemoration of Pope John Paul II, for his lifetime commitment to religious reconciliation. Left is a miniature, sculpted by Israeli artist Sam Philipe of Jerusalem. This miniature has been presented to those who have “paved the way” to this important project and will be presented to each individual who contributes to finalizing it.
Gary Krupp and Jerzy Kluger, both of Pave the Way, welcome Pope Benedict XVI and Stanislaw Cardinal Dziwisz into the childhood home of Pope John Paul II in Wadowice, Poland during the Papal mission to Poland May 27, 2006.
PTWF Speech to the Polish people
His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, is given a miniature of the monument, to be erected in Krakow, Poland. The Polish government is excited about this wonderful gesture. In an added detail, Jerusalem stone will be brought to Krakow to simulate the Kotel or the Western Wall.
Gary Krupp and Sam Philpe discussing the many changes that need to be made to the monument, currently under construction in Netanya, Israel. To begin, the head has been fabricated in clay and the body in Styrofoam, which will be shaped to exactly duplicate the cassock that Pope John Paul II wore the day of one of the most important inter-religious events in history. Below, through the courtesy of Opus Dei, Gary and Meredith Krupp obtained special permission in Rome, to examine and photograph the actual Papal cassock given to Opus Dei personally by Pope John Paul II. These studies are being used to assure the accuracy of the monument under construction in Israel.
Pave the Way Foundation works with the Municipality of Jerusalem to help all citizens. Jewish, Christian and Muslim