A private proposal for the Zolty family
Hessa’s House
A home when home is not an option.
A permanent transitional home for young Jewish women who have nowhere safe to live—created in Hessa’s name and carried forward by our family.
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Her memory
A woman who made everyone feel at home
Hessa’s home was never just a house. It was the place where grandchildren gathered, where a warm meal appeared without ceremony, and where a person could simply be.
Hessa was a Holocaust survivor. Her own childhood was cut far too short, and she carried with her a lifelong longing for the ordinary Jewish girlhood she was denied— the chance to be a regular girl in a Bais Yaakov, an experience she only had for a very limited time back in the heim.
That longing became her life’s devotion. She poured her passion into the next generation of Bais Yaakov girls, cherishing their learning, their dignity, and their chance to grow up whole.
Naming this home after her is not only an honor. It is a promise that the warmth she gave her family will now extend to young women who desperately need to feel it.
Hessa’s House is how her memory becomes someone else’s refuge.
Why this home
The years when a girl is almost grown, but not yet safe.
For young Jewish women roughly 16 to 21, the gap between childhood and independence can be terrifyingly wide.
Too old for the foster systems that once held them. Too young to rent an apartment, sign a lease, or build a life without support. They are old enough to look like adults to the world, but still young enough to need a door that opens to them at night.
Hessa’s House is that door. Each resident receives time, safety and professional support to rebuild—then the room becomes someone else’s fresh start.
The property
A house built for the purpose.
179 Denton Lane sits on 1.74 private acres in Jackson, New Jersey. Its mother/daughter layout was almost waiting for this: separate entrances and driveways so an Eim Habayis can live alongside the residents with both presence and privacy.
4
Beds
4
Baths
2,841
Sq ft
A separate in-law suite, walk-out basement, whole-house generator, deck and wooded backyard give the home both warmth and practical room to grow.
The program
Not a shelter. A home with a path forward.
Each young woman who enters Hessa’s House is met as a whole person, not a case file.
She receives a safe room, an Eim Habayis who lives on-site, and a Bridges case manager who walks with her through therapy, school, employment, benefits and life skills. The goal is not simply to house her. It is to help her leave ready to stand on her own.
- Therapy and emotional support
- Education and employment guidance
- Life skills and financial independence
- Documents, insurance and benefits
- Structure and accountability
- A concrete plan for what comes next
The opportunity
A family asset devoted to a lasting purpose.
The commitment brings the property and major improvements together as Hessa’s House: a lasting asset the family can point to for generations, with Bridges carrying the operation and ongoing expenses.
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