According to one study; “Among the many services not included in national healthcare insurance in Israel are: dental care, purchase of eyeglasses and hearing aids, wheelchairs, orthopedic shoes, and other medical equipment.” Furthermore, not all medicines are subsidized by the national healthcare insurance, “So the survivors have to pay in full for many of the medications they need.” Many have had to choose between buying food and heating their homes in winter.
Vera Gara will speak about what it is like to live with the trauma of the Shoah and a short film clip on The Haifa Home for Holocaust Survivors will be shown. For more information please contact zevkalin@gmail.com
Admission is free but donations would be welcome to benefit the Haifa Home. Tax receipts will be available from the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, which supports the Haifa Home.