Israelis thank local bar mitzvah boy

Israelis thank local bar mitzvah boy

PRESENT FROM AFAR

Last week during services, Rabbi John Franken presented Jason Greenberg a gift from Israel. Greenberg of St. Louis and Ofer Yizraelov of Yokne’am-Megiddo, Israel, are the first to ‘twin’ in the new Jewish Federation Partnership 2000 Noar l’Noar (teen to teen exchange) project. Jason and Ofer have been e-mailing since last summer. When Jason became a bar mitzvah, he donated a portion of his money to at-risk kids at Bayit Cham in Yokne’am-Megiddo. For more information on Partnership 2000 or Noar l’Noar, call Jennifer Baer Lotsoff at 314-442-3867. Photo: Kristi Foster