Jerusalem

Your Easter Appeal gifts will offer 50 Palestinian families hope for the future When good things happen, word gets around. With the recent expansion of the Jerusalem Princess Basma Center’s outreach services to community clinics across the West Bank, more parents of children with disabilities...

A $290,000 grant from Islamic Relief USA will allow the Jerusalem Princess Basma Center to expand its partnerships with six Community-Based Rehabilitation Centers across the West Bank. Children with disabilities in Palestine face enormous barriers to education, inclusion, and acceptance. For families who live in...

With its new van to serve as a mobile clinic, JPBC’s partnership with eight clinics in West Bank communities will offer more families with children with disabilities access to diagnostic services and treatment At a time when programs for children with disabilities are being cut...

When the Jerusalem Princess Basma Center’s aging community outreach van died last year, things looked grim to the leaders at JPBC. But thanks to a generous donor, a new, fully-equipped van will soon hit the road to serve children with disabilities across the West Bank....

A generous grant will enable Jerusalem Princess Basma Center to offer advanced audiology services for children in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. In early 2021JPBC received a grant from UNICEF Norway to purchase state-of-the-art audiology equipment and create the first advanced Audiology Unit in Palestine....

Four years ago, Ahmad, a boy born with a rare genetic syndrome, was granted permission to travel from his home in Gaza to receive evaluation and treatment at the Jerusalem Princess Basma Centre (JPBC).  During Ahmad’s three-week stay JPBC developed an individualized therapy treatment plan and...

A $550,000 federal grant will add an elevator and renovate a rooftop playground, giving all children access to science classrooms, the school library and the new play area  AFEDJ has been awarded a grant from USAID’s American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) to fund an...

Established in 1899, St. George’s School in East Jerusalem is known for its many notable alumni. Originally a school for boys, St. George’s now provides 700 boys and girls an excellent K-12 education at an affordable cost.  St. George’s School’s academic standards are rigorous. The...

Bishop Hosam Naoum will be installed as the Bishop of the Diocese of Jerusalem, bearing the title Archbishop at 4 p.m. (9 a.m. EDT) on Thursday, May 13, 2021, Ascension Day, at St. George’s Cathedral, Jerusalem. Watch the live-stream of the installation service below. In...