{"id":6352,"date":"2022-03-23T13:03:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T17:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/?p=6352"},"modified":"2022-03-23T13:03:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T17:03:50","slug":"what-else-can-we-do-for-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/what-else-can-we-do-for-them\/","title":{"rendered":"What Else Can We Do For Them"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Golden-ager visiting museum of his youth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

He had actually lived there. It wasn\u2019t just a museum exhibit for him. Every detail was part of his youth. He had so much to add. So much color to each display. Each detail he shares is a validation of his own persona, a strengthening of his self-image. There was just one problem. He couldn\u2019t get there on his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Years ago, David Arev would frequently visit the Babylonian Jewish Heritage Center Museum. But since he became a nursing home resident, travel was impossible. And so there he remained, languishing in the home, his individuality fading as he began to blend into the woodwork and become one with the institution in which he resided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until an Ezer Mizion   volunteer approached him. Would he like to participate in the Fulfil -a-Wish program? He leaped at the opportunity and, transported by an Ezer Mizion ambulance,  it was not long before he, together with his wife, son and daughter-in-law, found himself at the museum where he had spent so many happy hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Senior visiting Babylonian Jewish Heritage Center Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

David and his wife are Iraqi-born and were children at the time of the farhud<\/em> (the pogrom or “violent dispossession” carried out against the Jewish population of Baghdad, Iraq, in June 1941, immediately following the British victory in the Anglo-Iraqi War. The riots occurred in a power vacuum following the collapse of the pro-Nazi government of Rashid Ali while the city was in a state of instability.) They both joined the Zionist Underground Movement and later made aliyah to Israel where they married.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the Babylonian Jewish Heritage Center Museum, they enjoyed a guided tour. In the course of the tour, they stopped the guide several times to explain to her on their own about the items on exhibit and share with her their extensive knowledge and hands-on historical experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like during covid when patients spent so many miserable days and weeks isolated in hospitals with no contact with family, Ezer Mizion was there for them with \u2018care packages\u2019 filled with pick-me-up items to embrace them with love and caring. Aesthetically packed cosmetic packages with everything from shampoos, Q-tips, fragrant soaps, creams and warm slippers. Comfort packages with cake and chocolates. Packages of hope and good cheer, Ezer Mizion style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Corona may pull them down but Ezer Mizion picks them up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Fulfil a Wish Program is typical of Ezer Mizion sensitivity that stems from the organization\u2019s founder, Rav Chananya Chollak \u2013 the ability to zero in on what is needed and find creative ways to provide it.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

He had actually lived there. It wasn\u2019t just a museum exhibit for him. Every detail was part of his youth. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1350,99],"tags":[1667,1351,1449,1342,1358,27,1162,1616,1668,1615,1281,1606],"class_list":["post-6352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coronavirus","category-golden-age","tag-babylonian-jewish-heritage-center-museum","tag-corona","tag-corona-hospital","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid","tag-elderly","tag-golden-age","tag-goldenagers","tag-iran","tag-make-a-wish-for-the-elderly","tag-seniors","tag-support-during-corona"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6356,"href":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6352\/revisions\/6356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}