North Shore
About Our Community
The Robert I. Lappin Charitable Foundation, headquartered in Salem, Massachusetts serves 23 cities and towns on the North Shore of Massachusetts.
We accomplish our mission by:
• Providing a variety of programs for children, teens, parents, and others, which:
° Enhance Jewish pride
° Convey the beauty, joy, and fun of being Jewish and the richness of our Jewish heritage
° Develop a connection to and love of Israel
° Instill a feeling of being a member of the Jewish family, a great and unique people
° Connect Jews from one generation to the next—l’dor va-dor
• Focusing our programs on the otherwise underserved vast majority of young Jewish people who are not engaged in an intensive Jewish learning or living experience, such as Jewish day school or overnight Jewish camp
• Removing cost as a barrier to participation whenever possible
• Our Youth to Israel Program, which is the cornerstone of our Jewish continuity initiative. Based on the overwhelming success of our Youth to Israel Program, we advocate and provide fully subsidized teen Israel experiences
• Supporting interfaith families in raising children exclusively within the Jewish faith by facilitating conversion to Judaism for those seeking to do so, as well as by providing educational programs about Judaism
•Creating resource materials for use in Jewish settings in our community and beyond, which enhance Jewish pride in our children
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Robert I. Lappin Charitable Foundation
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Geographic Area Covered:
Beverly
Boxford
Danvers
Essex
Georgetown
Gloucester
Hamilton
Ipswich
Lynn
Lynnfield
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Marblehead
Middleton
Nahant
Newburyport
Peabody
Rockport
Rowley
Salem
Saugus
Swampscott
Topsfield
Wenham
Age Range:
6 months to 8 years
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Contact Information
Phyllis Osher
posher@rilcf.org
978-740-4404
fax 978-740-4411