Jewish groups collecting emergency relief funds for Israel include:
- UJA Federation has an emergency campaign. visit the UJA website
- American Friends of Magen David Adom-ARMDI. Magen David Adom has dispatched 150 ambulances and personnel to the northern part of Israel and has mobilized the MDA National Blood Services Center to supply additional blood to hospitals in areas under attack. Visit http://www.afmda.org/site/PageServer or call 212-757-1627 or 866-632-2763.
- American Jewish Committee. The Israel Emergency Assistance Fund will help institutions working with victims of rocket attacks in northern and southern Israel. Visit www.ajc.org.
- Friends of the Israel Defense Forces. A support group aims to provide troops with supplies as Israel continues its military actions in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon to free captured soldiers. Visit www.israelsoldiers.org or call 1-888-318-FIDF ext. 10.
- Jewish National Fund. Operation Security Blanket is raising funds to send Israeli children from the North to summer camps in central Israel, build security roads along the border with Gaza and purchase emergency response equipment. Visit www.jnf.org or call 1-888-JNF-0099.
- United Jewish Communities. The Israel Crisis Fund will provide emergency humanitarian and relocation relief to vulnerable Israelis, such as youngsters, the elderly, immigrants, the disabled and victims of terror. Visit www.ujc.org or call 1-877-277-2477.
- World ORT. All money in the Emergency Relief Fund for Israel will be designated for relief activities in Israel. Visit www.ort.org.
- Meir Panim www.Meirpanim.org last week
increased its hot meal program by 40% from 17,500 to 25,000 people per
day, reflecting the 7,000 additional daily meals being delivered to the
north. The organization further provided an additional 5,000 families
(over 20,000 people) with weekly food baskets. (The government provided
50% of the $130 cost per family.) Finally, Meir Panim provided
additional food baskets to over 4,000 families evacuated to central
Israel, at a cost of over $500,000. In total, the organization spent an
additional $800,000 last week just to care for the victims of
Hezbollah's missile attacks. While the organization was able to cover
last week's costs, there is great concern about the funds required to
continue to meet the need.
- Yad Sarah is doing its utmost at this time, and at great risk. Our volunteers are delivering medical equipment and prescription medicine to those unable or afraid to venture out. Since yesterday we have been helping to distribute activity kits to engage the 500,000 children and youth now confined in bomb shelters. As this emergency continues Yad Sarah will do its utmost to meet each new need that arises. Visit Yad Sarah website
- The Masorti Foundation, 475 Riverside Dr., New York, NY 10115, ph.
212-879-2218. Note these donations are for
emergency relief. The Foundation will transmit these funds to the Masorti movement
for distribution to relief efforts throughout Israel Website for contribution
- The Jewish Agency for Israel (www.Jewishagency.org
continues to do a remarkable job
evacuating children from the north, today housing over 8,000 people in
their youth villages and other facilities, at a cost of approximately
$2.8 million per week.
- Funding from local Federation campaigns continues
to be vital www.UJC.org to these efforts and we
encourage you to continue to provide meaningful support
- Israel's Tzofim www.Israelscouts.org
continues to incur hundreds of
thousands of dollars of debt to support over 3,000 additional children
that they are serving, many from the north
- Hadassah's Youth Aliyah villages Meir Shfeya and Neurim, are receiving refugees from the North—children and their families. Our hospitals are on high alert and ready to provide critical care Hadassah website
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