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Our Update #7

Blumgarten Campaign • The week began on Erev Shabbos when Howard Blumgarten called Eli Ostreicher, the latest prominent askan to join the Dror family, to personally thank him for all that he has done so far – and continues to do – on his...

Our Update #6

New Dror Offices for Fresh Hope and Help for Prisoners The indefatigable volunteers at Dror recently moved into their new, more spacious offices in Brooklyn, New York. In their new headquarters, Dror has many small, specialized rooms, each one...

Our Update #5

The Dror project obtains tefillin For grateful prisoners In recent months it had come to our attention that there were five observant inmates incarcerated in various risons, with no means of performing the daily mitzvah of putting on Tefillin....

Our Update #2

“D’ror”’s Yom Tov Programs inject a Ray of Light in the dark lives of Jewish inmates and their families. During the uplifting, spirited Yom Tov season, when laughter, cheer and light fill the homes of Jews around the world, there is a...

There’s No Place Like Home!

We were delighted to host a "Dror Welcomes You Home!" event for newly released prison inmates and their families on Motzei Shabbos, November 5th, 2011. The simcha in the air was as tangible as the inmates' former prison bars. An emotional Rabbi...

Our Update #1

• As the new academic year approached, the askanim at D’ror did not forget the children of Dror who were in need of school placement, and succeeded in enrolling numerous children of our clients into community Yeshivos and schools in time for the...

A young Jewish teenager is released from prison!

A young Jewish teenager is released from prison following the intervention of dedicated activists from the newly established D’ror organization. A joyful seudas hodaah gathering was held last week in Boro Park to celebrate the release of a...