Bless Israeli Orphans for the Holidays!

Every day, we hear from struggling families in Israel who are unable to put food on their tables. When they are homeless, it is even more dire. READ MORE

Jerusalem – Thanks to You!

With your help, families in Jerusalem living below the poverty line were provided with a blessing of food.  

Your support has blessed the lives of these that are struggling to meet their basic needs. READ MORE...

Let’s Feed Homeless Israelis in December!

 

A vast majority of homeless Israelis live in Tel Aviv.  They are not hard to find—sleeping on the streets, wheeling their cart of belongings, or searching through trash bins. READ MORE

Helping Residents in Sderot – Thanks to You!

Thanks to your support, Israel Relief Aid brought food to Sderot, a town near the Gaza Strip. We could feel the excitement of each delivery. It was like a bag of joy had arrived at each doorstep, waiting to be explored. READ MORE...

Israel Relief Aid November Project in Jerusalem

For November, we'll be reaching out to families in Jerusalem with assistance. 

Lack of food is always a need for the 1000s of families in Jerusalem that are living under the poverty line and especially widows with children. The elderly, including Holocaust Survivors, are a group in dire need, as well. READ MORE...

3 More Days to Help Sderot

The Sderot food bag project is in full swing.  Israel Relief Aid is on the ground in Israel, and our network center in Sderot is packing bags.

Israel Relief Aid: New Update from CEO Jo Kaplan

Thanks to YOU, we provided food for the entire High Holidays and immediate needs in 2 emergency shelters:

Women and Children’s Shelter – for those fleeing domestic violence or trafficking or placed there by the State welfare system for safety. READ MORE

Helping Sderot Families for Sukkot

 

Sderot (a few minutes from the Gaza border) has been hearing every jet roaring across the sky, random sirens/random bombing from Hamas, still hearing the explosions across the border, their sky smoky – the feeling of war.

The families of Sderot are heroes, holding onto a dangerous part of the Land of Israel.  Since October 7, 2023 READ MORE

Israel Relief Aid CEO Update High Holy Days

 

Haifa Immigrant Project Your generosity also supported Israel Relief Aid’s project in Haifa, where food bags were distributed to immigrant families living below the poverty line. READ MORE

G'mar Chatima Tova

 "This shall be a statute forever for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all... For on that day the priest shall make atonement for you, to cleanse you, that you may be cleanfrom all your sins before the Lord." Lev 16:29-30

G'mar Chatima Tova v' Tzom Kal, to All Our Dear Friends, from the Israel Relief Aid Team - May you be sealed for a good year and have an easy fast.

Haifa Immigrant Project Update

Thanks to you, Israel Relief Aid’s project in Haifa to provide food bags to immigrant families living below the poverty line successfully reached many recipients.

Israel Relief Aid: New Update from CEO Jo Kaplan

 

• There remain 48 abductees held by Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip for 23 months, of which around half are believed to be alive.
• Gaza Strip border towns – still occasionally bombing Israel
• Lebanon – routing out Hezbollah attempts in Israel border zone
• Israel territories – tearing down terror webs
• Houti’s – bombing Israel randomly from Yemen READ MORE

Shanah Tovah!

 

We wish you all a good and sweet new year read more

Letters from Both the Chairman & CEO at Rosh Hashanah 2025

What is your perspective of hope? It’s an easy question but might not be so easy to find an answer. How can we see hope? We see that love from people, even in little things, give sparkles of hope.

Israel Relief Aid: New Update from CEO Jo Kaplan Sept 1

 

• 48 abductees remain held by Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip for 23 months. Around half are believed to be alive.
• Gaza Strip border towns – occasional bombings targeting Israel.
• Lebanon – Israeli forces routing out Hezbollah attempts in the border zone.
• Israel territories – dismantling terrorist networks.
• Houthis (Yemen) – random bombing attacks on Israel. READ MORE

Happy Labor Day Weekend!

 

Rosh Hashanah…Giving Comfort to Israelis

 

In the south of Israel, there are two shelters for Israelis.  One is a refuge for Israeli women and children who have been battered/abused.

Israel Relief Aid: New Update from CEO Jo Kaplan

 

• 35th emergency container of bedding shipped from the UK.
• 36th container of shoes, toothbrushes, and clothing being prepared in the Netherlands.
• 37th container of aid now planned in the UK. READ MORE

Israel Relief Aid: New Update from CEO Jo Kaplan

There remain 50 abductees held by Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip for 22 months, of which around half are believed to be alive. 

–Gaza Strip bordertowns – occasionally bombing Israel 
–Lebanon – routing out Hezbollah attempts in Israel border zone
–Israel territories– tearing down terror webs READ MORE

A Blessing for Haifa's Immigrants

Over the past five years, Haifa has consistently ranked among the top cities in Israel for absorbing new immigrants and today, over 10% of the city are immigrants.

In the last decade, over 35,000 immigrants chose to reside in Haifa. READ MORE