Canadian Associates of Hebrew College & The Philanthropists Current:
‘The hidden artwork of giving’: In dialog with Pnina and Marcel Pinchevsky
Wednesday, April 10
9 am PST | 12 pm EST | 19:00 Israel time | 17:00 UK time
Pnina and Marcel Pinchevsky have long-lasting and deep connections to Israel and the Hebrew College. Pnina was born in Haifa to Holocaust survivors and attended Hebrew College, the place she earned her diploma in social work. Like Pnina, Marcel was born to Holocaust survivors. As a toddler, he hung out in France and Israel and arrived in Canada together with his household on the age of six.
Pnina and Marcel at the moment help scholarships at Hebrew College’s College of Social Work and IMRIC ( Institute for Medical Analysis Israel Canada ) which can be given to deserving college students within the college.
“We consider within the career of social work, and we really feel that folks don’t know sufficient about it,” says Pnina. “So many elements of our lives are helped by social work. We felt it was essential to have scholarships and develop analysis and experience within the area of social work.”
Marcel says that visiting Hebrew College has change into a part of their annual visits to Israel. “It’s an incredible place. It’s constructed on a mountain, and you’re feeling like you’re strolling on historical past. It’s in contrast to something I’ve ever seen earlier than.”
“Philanthropy begins with curiosity,” says Pnina. “It’s a must to be curious concerning the world.” All through their lives, Pnina and her husband Marcel have at all times harbored a need and an curiosity to study and discover new vistas and, in doing so, higher the world.
“Giving is one thing that which we as Jews and human beings ought to undertake, if we have now a possibility to assist our fellow man,” provides Marcel. “The phrase that I’ve at all times targeted on is tzedaka, which suggests giving of your self and your time, not simply cash.”
Meet Pnina and Marcel Pinchevsky within the fifth episode of the 2023-24 season of ‘The Philanthropists,’ a video collection hosted by Ralph Benmergui, Canadian tv and radio character, offered by the Canadian Associates of Hebrew College, which delves into the lives of those that give, exploring their sense of goal and what makes giving significant.
