Kiryat Moshe Community Center Wing Dedicated in Rehovot

On Monday, July 3, a dedication ceremony was held in Rehovot to inaugurate the Kiryat Moshe Community Center's new wing.

The new wing was made possible by the generous gift from the Harry J. Reicher Estate through the UJA-Federation of New York and the Jewish Agency's Israel Education Fund.

The Kiryat Moshe Community Center was initially built twenty years ago with the assistance of the UJA Federation of New York's Women's Division. With the advent of Ethiopian aliyah in the 90's, hundreds of Ethiopian families settled into the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood of Rehovot and the community center was unable to provide services for the new immigrants' needs.

This past year the Keren Hayesod and the UJA-Federation of New York gave donations to expand the community center and with the help of the Jewish Agency built an early childhood enrichment center, a multi-purpose hall, and club rooms.

80 members of the Youth Leadership Division of the UJA-Federation of New York participated at the Reicher Building dedication ceremony. These youth have followed in the footsteps of the dedicated and committed women who were very active in the 1970's and 80's.

After listening to dedication speechs and enjoying a youth choir performance, the participants joined the neighborhood youth in arts and crafts and sculpture classes at the new wing.

Source: Kiryat Moshe Community Center Wing Dedicated in Rehovot. Jewish Agency for Israel Web site (9 July 2006) [FullText]