A cash award for a cover up?

Screenshot from the Aleh website capturing
the parade accompanying the return of some
hospitalized residents [Facebook]

As a bereaved parent - my daughter Malki was murdered in the Hamas bombing of Sbarro in 2001 - I was disturbed by Aleh's callous use of Yom Hazikaron [Remembrance Day] to fundraise via its Facebook page.

I am equally appalled by Aleh's persistent silence about the death of one of its residents - a 41 year old woman - to Covid-19 on April 13 ["Following a Covid-19 death at Aleh, a troubling silence"]. Some sort of tribute - even a mere mention of her passing - would have been expected. But as we approach her shloshim, there has still been none.

On the other hand, a birthday party for a pre-schooler living in an Aleh institution was reported in detail [here - video] along with several photos and a video of "the event". Staff members are shown dancing around the child in her wheelchair.

Likewise, an announcement [here] of Natan Sharansky's decision [archived] to donate to Aleh, a portion of the Genesis Prize he won was publicized with accompanying photos.

But the death of a resident? It merits not a word.

Aleh has been similarly mum about several of its residents hospitalized with Covid-19. On April 13,  nine were reported on Ynet as being treated in hospitals scattered around the country

On April 22, Aleh's PR lackeys posted a "ticker tape parade" that was staged to welcome four of those residents back to Aleh Gedera. The public has learned nothing about the remaining five ill residents.

I suppose Aleh presumes the public will just assume Aleh residents suffered from Covid-19 much as other residents of closed facilities where the virus spread like wildfire.

Well, some of us not only remember this cover-up. We are pushing for the changes that were long overdue here; changes that would have prevented the three - yes, three - separate outbreaks of the virus in Aleh facilities.

Were this government more attuned to the needs of people with disabilities and to the trends in care-giving that have already been adopted throughout the developed world, Aleh would not be thriving.