One of our staff actually moved to Sderot recently to a large house with room for all the many children and of course a nice large backyard.   Not long afterward, they had to tell the kids they could not go out to play outside from now on until they checked.  Why?

Which is the sector of Israelis most in poverty?  It’s always the Beta Israel from Ethiopia.  39% of Ethiopian Jewish families live in poverty, compared with 14% of all other sectors. Most Ethiopian Jews are working poor families.

Israelis in the southern city of Sderot, next to the Gaza Strip, ran to whatever bomb shelter they could find close . . . yes, more bombs from Gaza.   Each bomb disrupts the rest of the day.

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. 

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.

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?  Ichilov Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center is the highest-rated hospital in Israel.  Yet during the crisis, it has had its challenges.

Over the past decade, total immigration to Israel in 2018 of almost 30,000 has virtually doubled (from nearly 15,500 in 2008) – mostly from Russia and Ukraine.

Israel Relief Aid’s school supplies project changes the lives of these children.  We give them the chance to succeed by providing them with a full variety of school supplies that are needed.

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