Shalom from Israel! Today my family and I visited Carmei Ha'ir Soup Kitchen in Jerusalem to deliver our second check for $18,000 from the sale of the cookbook. The folks at the Soup Kitchen were most appreciative of our efforts and all of you who have contributed to this amazing project.
They also told us that a wealthy man from Chicago, himself a Survivor, got a copy of the cookbook and was so touched by it that he has pledged a "very large donation" to Carmei Ha'ir. To date we have raised over $120,00 for Jewish charities from the sale of the cookbook, and we are just getting started! Our second printing is now sold out and we are expecting another shipment in 2 weeks. On April 30 I will be in Skokie, IL to speak at their Yom Hashoah service. Then on May 27 I will be speaking to the Jewish Book Council in hope that many of their members will feature our cookbook at book fairs later this year. Many people have asked for the address to Carmei Ha'ir. It is located at 72 Agrippas, right near the Shook in Jerusalem. The next time you travel to Israel please stop in and let them know that you learned about them from the cookbook. My family will be celebrating Pesach in Jerusalem this weekend. May your Pesach be filled with much joy and love. Fondly, Joanne Caras Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
