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SUMMARY:Yom Yerushalayim Celebration
DESCRIPTION:  As We Pay Tribute to our Esteemed Colleague &amp\; Friend 
 Menachem Persoff for his Years of Dedication &amp\; Service  Yom Yerush
 alayim Celebration with OU IsraelSunday \,June 5\, 2016  At  Armon Ha
 Naziv Promenade\, Yerushalayim Overlooking the Old City of JerusalemFesti
 ve T’filat Shacharit at 8:30Followed by Gala Breakfast at 9:45   Me
 nachem Persoff and OU Israel have been partners for close to 30 years. In 
 the early days\, Menachem trained NCSY advisors while yet at the Jewish Ag
 ency\, served as NCSY National Shaliach\, and built up many of the OU Isra
 el Center educational projects that are flourishing today. As Director of 
 the Israel Center\, he oversaw the move to the new building\, absorbed the
  youth programs into OU Israel\, and co-founded Machon Maayan for NCSY pub
 lic school graduates\, among many other achievements.  In more recent ye
 ars\, Menachem built up the OU Israel Free Spirit Taglit-Birthright groups
  from six to sixty groups per annum\, his now famous calling card being th
 e outstanding Bar-Bat Mitzva project for the unaffiliated Birthright parti
 cipants. His weekly Torah Tidbits column\, “Divrei Menachem” and activ
 ities on behalf of “teens at risk “ with The Zula\, THE PEARL &amp\; H
 AROLD JACOBS ZULA OUTREACH CENTER. continue to be a living tribute to the 
 many contributions Menachem has made for OU Israel and the community at la
 rge. Per Menachem’s request\, donations made in his honor will be earma
 rked for The Zula. The Zula THE PEARL &amp\; HAROLD JACOBS ZULA OUTREAC
 H CENTER is a drop-in center in downtown Yerushalayim that provides a safe
 \, nurturing environment for at-risk teens and young adults\, welcoming ki
 ds who feel unwelcome almost everywhere else. Most are involved in substan
 ce abuse or other antisocial behaviors\, have dropped out of school or are
  estranged from their families. The Zula staff helps them learn to overcom
 e their challenges and turn their lives around.  In 2005\, thanks to a ge
 nerous donation by the Jacobs family\, the Zula opened its current locatio
 n on Yaffo Road in memory of Pearl and Harold Jacobs z”l. For reservat
 ions:Phone:  02-560-9104 or 02-560-9125Email:  yomy@ouisrael.org or reg
 ister below.      Couvert NIS 180 per person Donations given to the O
 U Israel Center are tax deducible according to Paragraph 46 of the Israel 
 Income Tax Code. (The cost of the tickets is not considered a donation) 
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