by Debrah Charatan | Apr 22, 2020 | blog
No parent or child should ever have to feel alone during their darkest times, even if those dark times happen to coincide with a social distancing mandate. This belief in community support is one long held by Chai Lifeline, an international Jewish nonprofit dedicated...
by Debrah Charatan | Apr 15, 2020 | blog
With every passing day, there are fewer people who remember the horrors of the Holocaust firsthand. As of 2016, only 100,000 of the Jews who were in camps, ghettos, and hiding from Nazi oppression during the Holocaust were still alive to share their stories, with the...
by Debrah Charatan | Mar 6, 2020 | blog, Philanthropy
We’ve seen therapy cats, dogs, horses and now — robots? Earlier this year, Chai Lifeline announced that it would be launching Zenbo, a companion robot, to help Toronto-area children stay spirited in the face of illness and isolation. This cheerful bot was...
by Debrah Charatan | Mar 6, 2020 | Cultural Organizations, Philanthropy
This article, by Gillian Wood, was originally published on Medium. Ask a philanthropist why they started giving, and you’ll usually find that they have a story to tell. In Debrah Lee Charatan’s case, that story isn’t hers, but her parents’. Charatan, a real estate...
by Debrah Charatan | Feb 19, 2020 | blog
One wouldn’t think of Auschwitz as the backdrop for a song. And yet, there was music — operas, symphonies, folk music, composed in secret and played for those who treasured each note as a reminder that joy existed beyond the camp’s grim walls. Now, over 70...