A beautiful haircut before the Pesach Holiday!

A studio near our Haifa Home trains people to become hairdressers. They invited our residents for a free haircut.

“When we saw that the financial situation of many people has deteriorated this past year, we decided to give Holocaust Survivors a free haircut just before the holidays” said Roman Rubin the owner of the studio. The different hairdressers did their utmost best for their special clients. Marsha shared that “I feel a bit nervous. Not because I am cutting hair but more because I am doing it for such special people”. Vika, another hairdresser, thoroughly enjoyed the experience, “When I look at them I want to cry because I am thinking about what they went through. I would like to meet with them again and talk to them. This is such a respectful thing for me to do.”
Most residents were very happy with their haircut and are ready for the Pesach holiday to start.

German concert at the Haifa Home

Music and love: a great combination resulting in JOY

Three people from Germany, Birte, Jens and Karin, visited our Haifa Home and brought music and gifts for our residents.

The tunes of the violin and the Ukulele changed the atmosphere and entered the residents like balm for their soul. It became a very enjoyable morning. After the concert everyone stayed to talk and enjoy themselves. Before they went home, they received a beautiful scarf, which they were able to choose themselves. Visits like these are such a treat and blessing.
Gifts of Scarves for the Survivors

Swedish group
Yacov delighted to speak Swedish

Our ICEJ Sweden director Gitten Oholm brought a group of 11 professional handymen who spent their holiday in Israel renovating a Swedish building in a youth village near Haifa which was organised by the Christian Embassy.

On their last evening, they came to the Home, to meet Yaacov and listen to his story in their native tongue, Swedish. How was that possible? Yaacov had lived a part of his life in Sweden and was able to share his experiences of the Holocaust in the language that they understood best. After that they had a taste of the best evening of the week: dance evening.
Royal Rangers

The Royal Rangers surprise visit

A group of 9 Royal Ranger leaders (scouts from Germany) from 7 different scout groups, came by for an unexpected visit to the Haifa Home. Due to Covid-19 the Royal Rangers' yearly visits and volunteering to the Home had to stop and this was the first time that a group of Royal Rangers came again for a visit.

These leaders had never met a Holocaust Survivor and the visit to the Home and hearing the different stories and meeting different residents left memories that they will not forget for the rest of their lives.

在逾越節假期剪過漂亮的髮！

我們海法之家附近的一家工作室培訓人們成為美髮師。他們邀請我們的居民進行免費理髮。

工作室的老闆羅曼-魯賓（Roman Rubin）說：「當我們看到過去一年許多人的經濟狀況惡化時，我們決定在節前給大屠殺生還者免費理髮」。不同的理髮師為他們的特殊客戶盡了最大的努力。瑪莎分享說：「我感到有點緊張。不是因為我在剪頭髮，而是因為我在為這些特殊的人剪頭髮」。另一位美髮師維卡徹底享受了這一經歷。「當我看著他們時，我想哭，因為我在想他們所經歷的一切。我想再次與他們見面，與他們交談。這對我來說是一件非常值得尊敬的事情」。
大多數居民對他們的髮型非常滿意，並準備好迎接逾越節假期的開始。海法之家的德國音樂會
音樂和愛：一個偉大的組合，產生了喜樂。

來自德國的三個人Birte、Jens和Karin訪問了我們海法之家，為我們的居民帶來了音樂和禮物。

小提琴和尤克裡裡琴的曲調改變了氣氛，進入了院友們的內心，就像給他們的靈魂抹上了香膏。這成為一個非常愉快的早晨。音樂會結束後，每個人都留下來聊天和享受。在他們回家之前，他們收到了一條美麗的圍巾，這是他們自己選擇的。像這樣的訪問是一種享受和祝福。
給生還者的圍巾禮物

瑞典小組

亞科夫很高興能說瑞典語

我們的ICEJ瑞典主任Gitten Oholm帶來了一個由11名專業技術人員組成的團體，他們在以色列渡過他們的假期，在海法附近的一個青年村翻新一個瑞典建築，這是由耶路撒冷國際基督徒大使館組織的。
在他們的最後一個晚上，他們來到家園，與亞科夫見面，用他們的母語瑞典語聽他講故事。這怎麼可能呢？亞科夫在瑞典生活了一段時間，能夠用他們最理解的語言分享他在大屠殺中的經歷。在那之後，他們嘗到了本周最好的夜晚：舞蹈之夜。
皇家童軍

皇家童軍的突然來訪

來自7個不同的童軍團體的9名皇家童軍領袖（來自德國童軍），來到海法大屠殺生還者之家進行了一次意外訪問。由於新冠肺炎的原因，皇家童軍每年對海法大屠殺生還者之家的訪問和志願服務不得不停止，這是第一次有一群皇家童軍再次來訪問。

這些領袖從來沒有見過大屠殺生還者，這次訪問海法大屠殺生還者之家，聽到不同的故事，見到不同的居民，給他們留下了終生難忘的記憶。