Mevo Modi’im
“It is a testament to the members’ determination to not only carry on but to forge ahead despite the daunting work that lies ahead ... and just how important the moshav is for Klal Yisrael,” said Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman.
As many as 2,500 people from around the world donated, giving as little as a dollar to much larger sums.
In just 10 minutes, Chana Stein had to collect nearly a decade’s worth of memories and seek a safe distance from the blaze encroaching on the home she and her husband, Danny, had built.
The daughters of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein and Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach are determined to rebuild the agricultural village of Mevo Modi’im.
Israeli authorities believe that the raging fire in Mevo Modi’im began in multiple locations • Conflagration near Jerusalem’s Pisgat Ze’ev neighborhood reportedly caused by firebombs.
Some 1,000 firefighters and 300 volunteers, working around the clock, have managed to extinguish a whopping 1,023 fires in three days.
All night, battling flames, the firefighters here in Israel are not just protecting a home,” said Jewish National Fund CEO Russell Robinson. “They’re protecting our home.”
While people are feeling “loss and shock,” Feigie Troupiansky, who grew up on the moshav, noted that the amount of aid that is being brought is “beautiful.”
Italy, Croatia, Greece and Cyprus are sending firefighting planes to help. Egypt, on the order of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, has already sent two helicopters.
