International Fellowship of Christians and Jews
Forty-two of the new immigrants moved to localities near the Gaza Strip, including Ashdod, Ashkelon, Sderot, Gan Yavne and Beersheva.
The gift coupons, which are valid in the Shufersal supermarket chain, are aimed at giving the soldiers the opportunity to purchase food, clothing, footwear, sports apparel, electronics and other items.
Some 25 tons of matzah is being distributed to vulnerable populations in the former Soviet Union; Passover aid is on its way to Jews in Egypt.
“We are continuing to move forward, to act with full force, as well as to expand our activities and help other people,” said International Fellowship of Christians and Jews Fellowship president Yael Eckstein, honoring the memory of her father, Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein.
They come from a variety of localities in Ukraine, including Odessa, Kiev and Zaporizhia and range as young as eight months to 82 years old.
Under his leadership, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews raised $1.3 billion, or $140 million annually, mostly from evangelical Christians to help Israel and Jews.
“The educational system, the health system and the way parents relate to their children here is so different and so much better,” said new arrival Y. Novosad of Odessa, a professional athlete and two-time billiards champion at the European Championship.
According to a comprehensive survey among 16,300 Jews in 12 European countries released earlier this week by the European Commission and the E.U. Fundamental Rights Agency, anti-Semitism has once again spiked in France.
Over the course of this year, the Fellowship is assisting 100,000 elderly people and Holocaust survivors by giving them a monthly food supply, medical assistance, financial aid for heat and other forms of support.
The building project on Chanoch Albeck Street—called the Global Fellowship House—will likely take about three years to complete, and is sandwiched in between the Western Wall in Jerusalem and nearby Bethlehem.
Hundreds of supporters of the Jewish state gather to note 70 years of progress in all aspects of the nation at a gala evening hosted by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. While Trump could not be there, a number of dignitaries addressed the crowd.
