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MS Society Government Relations and Advocacy
Posted by admin in Health, Health Services, family, ms on October 30th, 2009
Posted by Moishe Alexander
Until we end MS, people affected by the disease face many challenges. The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada works to ensure people with MS and their families have the opportunity to participate fully in all aspects of life. Across the country, the MS Society endeavours to change government policies, private industry practices and public attitudes in ways that will benefit people affected by MS. Join us to help bring change to:
MS Awareness Month
Moishe Alexander loves May!
May is MS Awareness Month in Canada. Across the country, our collective aim is to increase awareness about multiple sclerosis among the general public; to promote the MS Society of Canada’s brand, services and mission; and to inspire new and existing supporters to become engaged with our efforts to end MS.
In addition to public awareness activities, the MS Society is also in the midst of its spring fundraising season in May. The MS Carnation Campaign, held just before Mother’s Day, funds MS research and services through the sale of carnations by community volunteers. In many parts of the country, MS Walks are also underway.
Canadian Friends of Yad L’Achim
Posted by Moishe Alexander
Yad L’Achim was established in 1950 to help new immigrants adjust toThe young Rabbi Lipshitz with yemenite immigrants the newly born country and to help them find a suitable religious framework. It is a non-profit organization with no political affiliation.
Over the years, its attention has turned to more complex problems, including how to counter the missionary threat. Israel has attracted some 100 missionary congregations and cults because it offers a large concentration of Jews, many of whom are prime targets due to their economic distress and unawareness about Judaism. Fighting the missionaries, who have millions of dollars a year at their disposal, has long been one of Yad L’Achim’s top priorities.
Another focus of attention is assimilation. Though it was once thought that this could not be a problem in a Jewish country, not even for the secular, the tragic facts show an increasing number of Jewish girls getting involved with foreign workers and, even more so, with Arab men. Indeed, Yad L’Achim gets some1,000 calls a year reporting such cases.
Our Anti-Assimilation department responds to all such calls. In some cases, this means launching military-like rescues from hostile Arab villages and setting the women up in “safe” houses around the country, where they can build new lives for themselves.
Yad L’Achim has other departments as well, including one devoted to the spiritual absorption of immigrants from the CIS and one that helps register children in Torah schools.