The High Holidays . . . Minus the Food?

With the hope to supply holiday food to the most-struggling sector, Israel Relief Aid chose Holocaust Survivors in Nazareth Ilit (Nof HaGalil) in the Galilee to receive food boxes that contained grape juice, honey, pomegranates, apples, rice, couscous, chickpeas, pasta, buckwheat, peas and green beans. Read more...

Closure Report from Rishon LeTzion

 

More pictures came in from Israel Relief Aid’s recent school supply distribution.  This time from Rishon LeZion.  The schools in Israel do not give out free books or school supplies.  READ MORE... 

 The people of Sderot live in a war zone. 

Fires daily in the Sderot area from the incendiary balloons have caused residents of the city and surrounding areas to be on constant alert.  Being on constant alert day after day quickly gets exhausting.

Wanting to give relief, especially to those living below the poverty line in Sderot, Israel Relief Aid provided a large quantity of diapers for mothers in the city from the best-priced retailer in the country, and also had food stocks delivered down to Sderot from a logistics company near Ben Gurion Airport.  These food stocks are things like rice, pasta, peas, corn, garbanzo (humus) beans, and grain, baked beans.  These have been split out to individual food bags for the families. READ MORE...

Giving Dignity in Carmiel

 

Carmiel (meaning “God’s vineyards” in Hebrew) is a city in northern Israel established in 1964 as a development town.  Located in the Beit HaKerem Valley which divided upper and lower Galilee, Carmiel has a population of over 46,000 (2019).  Roughly 34% of Carmiel residents earn minimum wage only.

Israel Relief Aid has been helping the Carmiel aid center for many years.  Recently we brought in a container of clothing and sports shoes, and targeted the seniors and Holocaust Survivors first with this great item.  READ MORE . . .