Arab Orthodox Society

Arab Orthodox Society

The Arab Orthodox Society is a charitable organization in Eastern Jerusalem. Their mission is to bring relief and opportunity to the people of the greater Jerusalem area, regardless of race, religion, or gender. They do this by providing medical care and employment opportunities for people in need. Historically the organization is part of the Arab Orthodox movement within the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem.

Clinic

The clinic's main goal is to provide quality medical care to people who normally couldn't afford it. Payments for services are adjusted to the patient's ability to pay. The medical staff includes an on-site x-ray technician, a full-time dentist, and various other specialists.

Employment opportunities

The employment opportunities include an embroidery shop, a bakery and coffee shop, and an internet cafe. All are located near the New Gate in the Christian Quarter of the Old City.

Embroidery

The shop [http://www.aosjerusalem.org/ "Melia Palestinian Embroidery"] provides a resource to Palestinian women from the West Bank. These women hand-embroider traditional Palestinian designs and sell the finished pieces through the shop.

Bakery and coffee shop

The bakery prepares traditional Palestinian dishes including pies, pastries, and salads. In addition to the shop itself, the employees provide catering services for parties and other celebrations. This and the embroidery shop constitute the only stores in Jerusalem staffed entirely by women.

Internet cafe

The Internet Cafe was the first of its kind in the Old City. It provides a resource for the surrounding community at a low cost.

ee also

* Arab Orthodox Benevolent Society


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Arab Orthodox Benevolent Society — The Arab Orthodox Benevolent Society of Beit Jala, Palestine. It is the largest and oldest Orthodox Society in Palestine. It is an Arab Orthodox benevolence society established in 1907 to support the poor and incapacitated people of Beit Jala. It …   Wikipedia

  • Arab Orthodox — The Arab Orthodox are Arab Greek Orthodox Christian communities which have existed in Palestine, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon since the early years of Christianity. During the Palestine Mandate they were prominent in many of the major cities… …   Wikipedia

  • Arab Christians — Arab Christians …   Wikipedia

  • ARAB POPULATION — GENERAL SURVEY Under the British Mandate, 1917–48 In 1917, at the time of the British conquest of Palestine during World War I, the country s Arabic speaking population numbered less than 600,000 persons; in 1947 it was estimated at 1,200,000.… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Arab citizens of Israel — Infobox Ethnic group group = Arab citizens of Israel عرب إسرائيل (العرب الإسرائيليون) rlm;ערבים אזרחי ישראל Emile Habibi • Ahmed Tibi • Salah Tarif caption = population = 1,144,000 plus270,000 in East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights (2006) 19.7%… …   Wikipedia

  • Orthodox Church in America — Founder Independence 1970 Recognition Autocephalous by the …   Wikipedia

  • Arab–Israeli conflict — Arab Israeli conflict …   Wikipedia

  • SOCIETY —    At independence, Israel had some 806,000 citizens (650,000 Jews and 156,000 non Jews). Israel s population by September 2007 stood at 7.05 million, some 78 percent of which were Jews. Israel s non Jewish population has grown dramatically since …   Historical Dictionary of Israel

  • Orthodox Judaism — Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, a leading Rabbinical authority for Orthodox Jewry for a quarter of the twentieth century …   Wikipedia

  • ARAB WORLD, 1945–2006 — The Arab world is divided into four subregions: the Maghreb (morocco , tunisia , algeria , libya , Mauritania), the Nile Valley (egypt and Sudan), the Fertile Crescent (syria , lebanon , iraq , jordan , and the palestinian authority ), and the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”