Help Holocaust Survivors for Passover

Passover begins April 22nd this year.  For the obvious reasons, holidays this year are taking on an unprecedented level of significance. We are a nation at war and in mourning every day since Oct 7th. 

Shall We Not Give the Orphans a Purim Fest This Year?

Yes! This year more so! With the Iran-Israel war in progress, this historical holiday has the opportunity to be a holiday of miracles in our days as it was in ancient Iran (Persia) in the days of its Queen Esther and its Prime Minister Mordechai. In contrast, the king of ancient Iran in those days gave favor to the ancient Israelis.

Look at What You Made Possible

 

After the Hamas attack on October 7th, Israel Relief Aid changed its role from a relief organization into an emergency relief organization. READ MORE

A Hot Meal in a War District

 

New immigrants (200) in Ashdod, not far from the Gaza border, were bussed out of the bomb zone up to Jerusalem for the day in December.

Happy New Year

Let us remember 2023 as a year in which many things happened.

Help Feed Homeless Israelis for the Holidays!

For the Holiday Season and the entire month of December, Israel Relief Aid will be reaching out to the poor at the Tel Aviv Homeless Café and residents of Sderot.  Many Israelis have fallen on hard times with the constant strain of missile attacks and anxiety, not knowing where their next meal will come from.  

Displaced and Evacuated Families

With the contents of the aid containers, vanloads of aid have been delivered to evacuees in Hadera,

Emergency Containers Update from Israel Relief Aid CEO

• 5 aid containers have unloaded and been distributed to evacuees and immigrants

Israel Relief Aid CEO Update: Supplies for Displaced and Evacuated Families

 

Israel Relief Aid was invited to help the evacuated families at Ben Shemen with food. 

5 Emergency Containers On the Water, 5 More Loading

Aid containers from Poland, UK, and Netherlands will arrive to Israel in another two weeks.

Israel Relief Aid CEO Update: 8 Aid Containers on Their Way

Four aid containers are already on the water and another four are in process of shipping to Israel.  

Update from Israel Relief Aid CEO - Displaced and Evacuated Families

 

Two more loads of food have been delivered to a guest house full of evacuated families from the northern border and displaced/ evacuated families from the Gaza border area of Israel. 

Update from the CEO: Israel Relief Aid Wartime Projects

 

The first week of October, as originally planned, Israel Relief Aid supplied bags of food to those living under the poverty line in the struggling city of Ramle. 

A Strong Response in Sderot

 

Did you want to help Holocaust Survivors and Golden Agers in Israel?  Read more...

Sukkot Cheer

The Sukkot holiday in Israel . . . what does that mean? Gatherings with family and friends in the sukkah (holiday outdoor booth). Just another reason to have appropriate clothing to wear.

In the north of Israel it gets colder at night much earlier than in the central district. Sitting in the sukkah can be too chilling. What is needed is some Autumn clothing in the dresser.

For new immigrants from Ukraine, there’s not much at all in the dresser, if they even have a dresser. They are in need of this clothing not only for themselves, but for all their children, all their family.

Because of you, Israelis are getting clothed. They are thrilled to get what they need for Sukkot. Thank you!

Temporary Dwellings

 

The Beer Sheva shelter provides a refuge for women escaping tough domestic situations and a secure place for them to rebuild their lives. Working in cooperation with an anti-violence group, the shelter provides women with emotional and practical support.

One in every four Israeli families suffers from domestic violence! Some of the women are able to escape abusive situations but then have nowhere to live and no one to help them.  They are set up for failure if they try to stake out on their own. They know they have to start from zero. They must find a place to stay and a job. As a rule, they also need emotional help.

One entrant into the Beer Sheva shelter was L., a girl who was picked up living on the streets of Ashqelon.  She had a traumatic past and now receives therapy.

For the Men

The Beer Sheva shelter also runs a men’s rehabilitation center, and they report: V. is a rehabilitant who came to us from Ashkelon. He immigrated to Israel 20 years ago alone, served in the army, worked, lived quite well, but then his health started deteriorating rapidly.  The doctors were not able to give a diagnosis and this situation cut the ground from under his feet and threw him into a deep depression.

Our friends later found V. lying beside a dumpster on the street. Today he is in our rehab, going through additional medical check-ups, and receiving therapy to get out of the depression.

A recurring need for these shelters is daily food for meals for the homes.  This is where Israel Relief Aid would like to get involved.  The shelters need weekly fresh food like milk, lettuce, cheese, chicken, vegetables, fruits, eggs, potatoes, bread, butter, etc.  If we can give them food for an extended period, they can concentrate on other needs.

 At Sukkot, let’s give them food. 

Recent Israeli Arrivals

 

What a face can express! When you look closely, it says everything and it’s all we need to know how meaning-ful giving can be.  READ MORE. . .

A Rosh Hashanah Message from the CEO

 

As this Hebrew year 5783 comes to an end, we remember the saying of the Hebrew sages: “The day is short and the work is plentiful...” As you know, Israel Relief Aid is making a difference in the lives of those living under the poverty line in Israel, year after year.

Rosh Hashanah, September 15 – In a Year Like This

 

As we gather for a new year of peace and happiness with our families and friends, we know the grave challenges that lie ahead in the coming months. Outlandish extreme weather, flooding, etc. READ MORE. . . 

Israel Relief Aid Give-Away in Haifa

 

A surprise awaited immigrants, poverty families, and welfare roll families in Israel, right as we approach the Rosh HaShanah holiday READ MORE...