(l-r) Judy Newell, H2U and the Volunteers at Aventura Hospital; Heather J. Rohan, CEO Aventura Hospital; Efraim Fixler, Gesher Tzedaka; and Rabbi Yisroel Brusowankin, Aventura Chabad.

In the Fall of 2008, Aventura Hospital and Medical Center, under the leadership of hospital CEO Heather Rohan, opened the Gesher Tzedaka Jewish Hospitality Room to provide support services for the comfort of their Jewish patients and families. Founded by Mrs. Miriam Alexander of the Yehuda Memorial Center Foundation and Efraim Fixler of Gesher Tzedaka, a local nonprofit that assists Jewish families in need, the room has become a welcome addition to the hospital’s many amenities for its patients and their families, providing everything from Kosher meals to religious books.