Blessing Israel Together

The population in Israel has had 6 days of pre-alerts and sirens (two super-loud pre-alerts and one very very loud siren for each directive to enter the bomb shelter).   The pre-alert gives enough time for a few minutes' preparation before the siren.  Once the siren sounds, there's not enough time to do anything but grab the cell phone and get into the bomb shelter and secure the door. It's stressful and tiring, especially in the middle of the night, yet we know it's saving lives.    Home Front Command has lightened up a little on the Red-level restrictions and brought it down to Orange level, meaning that businesses can open and 50-person gatherings can be held IF they have a bomb shelter reachable in the prescribed defense time for everyone on premises (can be anywhere from 15 seconds to 1.5 minutes, depending on the city's location).   However, traveling to get to that business means taking a risk without cover.  S...

Passover is April 1! Along with the necessary pre-cleaning for the holiday, most of the food for the entire holiday is purchased in advance. Yet this is not the case for Israelis living in poverty. READ MORE 

With threats of annihilation by an Iranian nuclear bomb, Israel has risen up to take out Iran’s capability to do so, in self-defense.  With the government having to commit to stop what’s happening there, Israel’s budget is obliterated.  This leaves huge gaps in helping homeless and displaced Israelis, new immigrants, Holocaust Survivors, disabled, unemployed, single-parent families, etc.  Your emergency gift will provide assistance RIGHT NOW in a multitude of areas to help Israel’s 25-30% poverty rate: with food, clothing, household goods, etc.  Your prayerful support is also needed! TO DONATE TODAY CLICK HERE

Israeli winters are filled with volatile fluctuations in temperature. One day requires a parka, and the next day one can dress in a long-sleeve T-shirt, followed by the need for a raincoat the day after. Heavy clothing is essential. The north, including the Galilee, has considerably the most rain. Mountainous areas like Jerusalem also experience more severe weather. Israel Relief Aid’s Winter Warm Campaign is dependent on importing aid containers full of clothing, which is sorted by season by aid centers all over Israel. The winter coats and heavy clothing are distributed from September 1 already in the north, through the end of March – seven months each year! Cartons of jackets are always received with appreciation from the aid containers. Thanks to you, each container is able be shipped and cleared through the Israeli port, with shipping costs and clearing costs paid. Our donors make a huge impact on the ground in the Holy Land, blessing tens of thousands of Israelis every winter...

An incredible aid container of shoes and clothing came in recently for the near-30% of Israelis in poverty. The shoes in this container were high quality and too expensive for Israelis in need to buy. Yet, they are the exact type of shoes that are needed in various conditions and weather here in this country. These shoes and clothing went out to the whole country– from near the border with Lebanon, down to Beer Sheva in the Negev. This was such an important gift for the nation of Israel, which is trying to heal after the stress of having to defend ourselves. This gift tells them that there are those that do care. Thank you again for this huge blessing!

Thanks to our friends participating in our January Holocaust Survivors’ event, the Lod Senior Center cooking/baking club is now in preparation to begin.   You can see some of the center’s members in the picture during Jo Kaplan’s visit to hand over a check of the donations raised. With these funds they are planning on purchasing the following types of items: hand mixers cutting boards a small gas stove a food processor bowls, rolling pins, strainers mixing spoons, spatulas, ladles, tongs, etc. peelers, whisks, measuring cups/spoons, etc. cooking mitts and aprons A cookbook is being created of all the recipes that they remembered.  Such memories this will bring back for them. Thank you for making this cooking/baking club possible!  What a blessing for these Holocaust Survivors!