$1,000.00
In honor of our daughter, Rachel
Kol Hakovod!
Kol Hakovod!
$180.00
Kol Ha Kavod. Well deserved honor to a wonderful young lady.
Love Debbie and Richard Born
Love Debbie and Richard Born
$72.00
Rachel- Incredible. I just read your inspiring story.. I was so overwhelmed by your dedication to remembering the Shoah and complete Hakarat Hatov todays heroes. I am so proud of you.
My four grandparents, all Holocaust survivors, have always served as the biggest inspiration for me. I have always felt this inner passion and need to bring light into this world in any way possible. I feel so lucky and grateful to be living in this generation and everything I do is to memorialize and honor those who were murdered and those who survived.
I am named for my great aunt, Rachel Shnay, Z'L, who was murderd in Belzec at the age of six as well as my grandmother Faiga, who survived the war. While carrying both holy names, I live in a constant dichotomy of memorializing our past while strengthening our future as a nation and of the State of Israel. I currently am the
co-chair of The Young Leaders Associate of Yad Vashem as well as the co-president of WIZO AVIV (Women's International Zionist Organization). Whatever I choose to do in my everyday life, I always make sure it coincides with my values and with strengthening and uniting Am Yisrael & Eretz Yisrael, Baruch Hashem!
When COVID hit, started to send kosher food to one of my closest friends who was working on the front lines at Mount Sinai. I would post pictures of how happy she was and people kept asking how they could get involved. I realized that I have an opportunity to use my platform (@rachieshnay) to organize meals to be delivered to entire hospital units, all while supporting local kosher establishments. Since I have a jewelry business and an active business Instagram account, I decided to call this initiative, "Feed Our Gems," because our healthcare heroes are our most treasured gems risking their lives and isolating themselves from their families for months.
While feeling helpless at home, the least we could do is show our support and love and make sure they are well fed. Our heroes were exhausted, depleted and had no time to think where their next meal was coming from, especially if they keep Kosher, many of them were eating vending machine snacks. I also wanted to ensure that our kosher establishments would have some business coming in to support their staff and ensure that they remain open. Every dollar donated was a win win for everyone!
A healthcare worker would reach out to me and tell me when and where they wanted food, I would then order from a kosher restaurant (always enough to feed 20+ healthcare workers in their unit- Jewish or not Jewish, Kosher or not Kosher). We want everyone to have a delicious warm meal!
Feed our Gems is meant to be a kiddish Hashem to show that despite many harsh accusations made against Jewish communities during this time, Jewish people care about feeding and caring for EVERYONE, zero discrimination. We delivered to ANY hospital in the country, as long as a kosher restaurant delivers to them! We have sent to over 40 different hospitals and nursing homes in New York (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island...) New Jersey, Connecticut, and even as far as Boston!...it was so humbling and beautiful to see how the community came together. The doctors and nurses were so incredibly appreciative and sent the most heartfelt texts of gratitude and made it all worth it!
100% of every dollar raised from Emunah's Changemakers will go directly towards Emunah's children and families at-risk providing treatment, therapy, and support to change their lives forever.
My four grandparents, all Holocaust survivors, have always served as the biggest inspiration for me. I have always felt this inner passion and need to bring light into this world in any way possible. I feel so lucky and grateful to be living in this generation and everything I do is to memorialize and honor those who were murdered and those who survived.
I am named for my great aunt, Rachel Shnay, Z'L, who was murderd in Belzec at the age of six as well as my grandmother Faiga, who survived the war. While carrying both holy names, I live in a constant dichotomy of memorializing our past while strengthening our future as a nation and of the State of Israel. I currently am the
co-chair of The Young Leaders Associate of Yad Vashem as well as the co-president of WIZO AVIV (Women's International Zionist Organization). Whatever I choose to do in my everyday life, I always make sure it coincides with my values and with strengthening and uniting Am Yisrael & Eretz Yisrael, Baruch Hashem!
When COVID hit, started to send kosher food to one of my closest friends who was working on the front lines at Mount Sinai. I would post pictures of how happy she was and people kept asking how they could get involved. I realized that I have an opportunity to use my platform (@rachieshnay) to organize meals to be delivered to entire hospital units, all while supporting local kosher establishments. Since I have a jewelry business and an active business Instagram account, I decided to call this initiative, "Feed Our Gems," because our healthcare heroes are our most treasured gems risking their lives and isolating themselves from their families for months.
While feeling helpless at home, the least we could do is show our support and love and make sure they are well fed. Our heroes were exhausted, depleted and had no time to think where their next meal was coming from, especially if they keep Kosher, many of them were eating vending machine snacks. I also wanted to ensure that our kosher establishments would have some business coming in to support their staff and ensure that they remain open. Every dollar donated was a win win for everyone!
A healthcare worker would reach out to me and tell me when and where they wanted food, I would then order from a kosher restaurant (always enough to feed 20+ healthcare workers in their unit- Jewish or not Jewish, Kosher or not Kosher). We want everyone to have a delicious warm meal!
Feed our Gems is meant to be a kiddish Hashem to show that despite many harsh accusations made against Jewish communities during this time, Jewish people care about feeding and caring for EVERYONE, zero discrimination. We delivered to ANY hospital in the country, as long as a kosher restaurant delivers to them! We have sent to over 40 different hospitals and nursing homes in New York (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island...) New Jersey, Connecticut, and even as far as Boston!...it was so humbling and beautiful to see how the community came together. The doctors and nurses were so incredibly appreciative and sent the most heartfelt texts of gratitude and made it all worth it!
100% of every dollar raised from Emunah's Changemakers will go directly towards Emunah's children and families at-risk providing treatment, therapy, and support to change their lives forever.
$1,000.00
In honor of our daughter, Rachel
Kol Hakovod!
Kol Hakovod!
$180.00
Kol Ha Kavod. Well deserved honor to a wonderful young lady.
Love Debbie and Richard Born
Love Debbie and Richard Born
$72.00
Rachel- Incredible. I just read your inspiring story.. I was so overwhelmed by your dedication to remembering the Shoah and complete Hakarat Hatov todays heroes. I am so proud of you.