“This is not just about winning a gold medal, but also about sportsmanship and sharing our Jewish values. It’s really a nice experience for Jewish athletes of this age group. We are really all together as a community; tzedakah and mitzvot are a major part of this.”

The K-1 kindergarten class at the Robert J. Wilf Preschool & Kindergarten at the Kaiserman JCC used their class tzedakah to buy holiday gifts for kids at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia who would, because of their illnesses and injuries, be hospitalized over the holidays.