When it came time to celebrate Purim and Passover, students at the Bialik-Rogozin School in Tel Aviv threw themselves into preparations with excitement.

Rogozin students from kindergarten to 12th grade proudly showed off their Purim costumes at a school-wide assembly, which featured a dramatic reenactment of the Purim story. A few weeks later, in honor of Passover, the children participated in a school-wide Seder, where they read from the Hagaddah and ate all the matzah they could get their hands on.

More than 700 students from different backgrounds, countries, and faiths, including Jewish and Arab Israelis, new immigrants, and refugees from Sudan and Darfur, call the Rogozin School home. It is one of four schools in Tel Aviv that The Jewish Federation supports with an extended school-day program where children receive hot meals, tutoring and enrichment activities in a safe, controlled environment.

For information about the Federation's support of Rogozin, contact the Israel & Overseas Department at (323) 761-8376.