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Turning Despair into Hope for Suffering Israelis
Posted by admin in Aid Services on September 23rd, 2009
Posted by Moishe Alexander
Poverty continues to be a desperate problem in Israel. Reports show that in 2006 the number of poor Israelis rose to over 20 percent of the population, a staggering 1.6 million people – including one in three Israeli children and over 20 percent of Israel’s elderly, which includes tens of thousands of Holocaust survivors. The Fellowship’s Guardians of Israel program responds to this desperate situation through initiatives that ease the suffering of needy Israelis by providing:
* Food distributed through soup kitchens, meals on wheels and food box programs
* Medical assistance, including prescription programs, support for doctor visits and in-home medical care
* Support for the elderly including food, medicine, and grants to pay for essential needs such as winter heating
* Support for children including school hot lunch and school supply programs, day care centers, and children’s homes
* Emergency relief in the form of housing, clothing, food, and medical care for Israelis with nowhere else to turn
IFCJ with Moishe Alexander
Our Mission
The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews™ of Canada is a registered Canadian non-profit. Our charitable registration number is 86941 1587 RR0001.
Our mission is to foster better relations and understanding between Christians and Jews; encourage greater cooperation between both communities on issues of shared biblical concern; and support Israel and Jews in crises or need.
Building Bridges
Misunderstanding and prejudice between Jews and Christians remain today, in large part, due to a lack of communication between the two groups. This is particularly true in Jewish relations with Evangelicals. Issues inevitably arise that create tension and ill will between the communities. In addition, many opportunities for inter-religious cooperation through joint programs on behalf of shared concerns are lost due to this lack of communication. It is against such a 2,000 year backdrop of fear, ignorance and mistrust that the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews of Canada carries out its bridge-building work.
Passover Cuba food drive attracts record number of donors and Moishe Alexander is one of them
Posted by admin in Aid Services, Cuba, Environmental, Health, Hockey, Israel, School, Torah, Uncategorized, family on May 4th, 2009
By Raquel Kaplan Goldberg –
Success may be hard to define but it is not always hard to measure. This year, the Maot Chittin fund for Pesach in Cuba, the massive effort by UJA Federation and Canadian Jewish Congress Charities Committee-Ontario’s (CJC Charities) to supply Cuban Jewry with Passover food, was met with unprecedented levels of involvement within the Toronto Jewish community. This year the number of donors grew by more than 300 per cent and the amount raised by more than 160 per cent over last year.
“The partnership between CJC Charities and UJA Federation can help to ensure a real Pesach for Cuban Jewry as long as such assistance is required by our brothers and sisters,” says Steven Shulman, Ontario Director and National General Counsel for CJC Charities.
“This kind of increase is amazing,” says Shimmy Wenner, assistant campaign director and Maot Chittin point person at UJA Federation of Greater Toronto. “We made a larger effort to publicize this longstanding program and the community responded.”
For over four decades, the Pesach in Cuba Maot Chittin program was operated by CJC and subsequently, CJC Charities. In 2006 however, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto joined the project and brought a wealth of experience in online fundraising to the table. Turning directly to the community for financial support, the partnership has resulted in lay contributions that, after only two years, cover the entire cost of the close to $40,000 annual project.
Kosher-for-Passover food is not available in Cuba, a significant obstacle for a holiday so fundamentally defined by its prescribed and proscribed foods. In a very real sense, Cuba’s 1,500 Jews depend on Ontario’s annual donation of wine, matzah, matzah meal, gefilte fish, horseradish, tea, cooking oil, and consommé to be able to celebrate Passover.
“Once again, thanks to UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and Canadian Jewish Congress Charities Committee-Ontario and Toronto Jewry it was possible for us to celebrate Pesach according to our tradition,” writes Adela Dworin, president of the Casa de la Comunidad Hebrea de Cuba, in a thank-you letter. “Our community feels great affection towards the Jews of Toronto for these efforts.”