For more than 40 years, American Friends of Yad Eliezer has provided a safety net for tens of thousands of families in some 50 communities across Israel.
Farkas is known for his philanthropic efforts, having handed out $100 dollar bills to people at the kotel only months ago.
This heart-warming positive and optimistic storyline describes a dynamic affirmed by research and experience. Acts of kindness and generosity are, indeed, contagious.
There is a wide disparity between small-town Jewish life and Jewish life in the big cities in the US.
Chaim Topol, who died recently, contributed more to the world than the role of Tevye the Dairyman.