Living | Mercer Island teen opts for charity at his bar mitzvah | Seattle Times Newspaper

Living | Mercer Island teen opts for charity at his bar mitzvah | Seattle Times Newspaper: "Ultimately, they contribute to the foundation, which suggests a donation of $5 per invitation mailed. In Ben's case, that would be about $500. 'Ben just felt that this invitation did what he wanted to do with his bar mitzvah,' Fox-Dewhurst said. 'He said, 'That is so incredibly cool, Mom.' '

The JFR each month sends money to nearly 1,200 verified rescuers in 26 countries. The greatest numbers are in Poland, Ukraine, Belarus and Hungary; 17 are in the U.S. Most are Catholic, some Muslim, and their stories are verified by Jerusalem's Yad Vashem, a 55-year-old organization that documents the history of Jews during the Holocaust and those who helped save them."