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A New Year's Message from Israel Relief Aid CEO

As 2017 comes to an end and you get ready to ring in the New Year, I want to express to you how excited and grateful I am for the team partnership of each and every one of you here at Israel Relief Aid. Read More...

O' Little Town of Bethlehem

Today, this little town of Beit Lechem is the opposite of “How still we see thee lie”, not because of the Christians that still live in the town, but because of Palestinian terrorists. Read more...

Hanukkah for Kids Project Update

Thanks to all of our friends for making this possible! This was the only gift she would get during the holidays this year, as her family lives under the poverty line in Israel. Read more...

Hanukkah Toys for Kids Project Update

Thanks to you, we were able to bring up one load already to Haifa of toys for Ukrainian Israeli immigrant children who are living below the poverty line, some whose families are in a severe situation. Read more...

Yum!

Don't overdo the sufganiyot!

Hanukkah - Light Drives Out Darkness

Both Jews and Christians celebrate their "festivals of light" during the darkest period of the year. Sunrises are really late and sunsets occur in the late afternoon already. Light was created during the creation story when God spoke light into being to expel the darkness (Genesis 1:1 - 5). A parallel can be found in the Gospel of John chapter 1 where the Messiah is referred to as the light of the world.

God Provides

Springs Aid Center in Haifa had a dilemma, for they received requests for help from around 5,000 needy Israelis, many of them Holocaust Survivors from the ghettos, who live in the area of the north of Israel from Haifa and other cities. But they knew they needed a huge stock of clothing (the first basic need distributed in Israel, along with food). So . . . they talked about the problem . . . and waited for a solution. Read more...

Container on the Way!

On November 29th, a container, filled to the ridge with clothing and incontinence diapers, launched from our Israel Relief Aid Netherlands Branch. Mid-December cargo is expected in Ashdod.