Blessing Israel Together

  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...

  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 . . . 

Widows, Holocaust Survivors and seniors had the time of their life receiving an Israel Relief Aid gift that they can’t afford:  new sport shoes.    READ MORE . . . 

Bat Yam is located on the coast in central Israel below Tel Aviv-Yafo that has been struggling financially and especially the many seniors and Holocaust Survivors, but also the unemployed and single parents. This month, Bat Yam is the focus of a surprise Israel Relief Aid food bag distribution this month (in addition to our school supplies event in Haifa).  READ MORE. . . 

In these Coronavirus days, what could be more important than supporting  the Israeli hospital doctors and nurses who are working night and day to save Israelis? Andrew, manager of one of Israel Relief Aid’s network aid centers, decided to bring over some of the new sport shoes to Ichilov’s doctors and nurses who are on their feet all day and night. Read more. . .

When an immigrant/family comes from those two countries, many times they will come as a tourist and then during the time they are here, they decide to immigrate.  What happens with that process is that they have come with only two suitcases each, for their new life in Israel, don’t have jobs (almost always) and cash is down.   Read more. . . 

With your help, Israel Relief Aid brought joy to the staff at the Ben Shemen Day Center for disabled young people.  READ MORE. . .