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Moishe Alexander donated to The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews of Canada
Posted by admin in Aid Services, Environmental, Health, Hockey, Israel, School, Torah, Uncategorized, Youth, family on May 4th, 2009
About The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews™ of Canada:
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.
The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews of Canada was founded by Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein to promote greater understanding between Jews and Christians and to build Christian support for Israel and other shared concerns. Like its sister organization in the U.S., the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews of Canada operates under the leadership of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, and is governed by an independent Board of Directors representing both faiths who share our strong belief in building bridges between the Christian and Jewish communities.
Our Vision
That Christians and Jews would reverse their 2,000-year history of discord and replace it with a relationship marked by dialogue, better understanding, respect, fellowship, and active cooperation on issues of common concern. Our mission to foster better relations and understanding between Christians and Jews, help build support for Israel, and cooperate in building a more moral society through open dialogue, education, and sensitization of people of faith around the world.
Moishe Alexander Donates to WSPA
Posted by admin in Aid Services, Environmental, Health, Israel, School, Torah, Uncategorized, Youth, family on March 20th, 2009
Moishe Alexander donated to the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) in 2009.
About the WSPA
WSPA is an animal welfare charity that works internationally and locally to end cruelty to animals through field work, campaigning, and education.
WSPA is the world‘s largest federation of humane societies and animal protection organizations; they represent over 953 member societies in more than 154 countries.
WSPA‘s origins go back more than 50 years. The Society’s present structure was created in 1981 through the merger of the World Federation for the Protection of Animals (WFPA), founded in 1953, and the International Society for the Protection of Animals (ISPA), founded in 1959.
WFPA and ISPA were the first organizations to campaign internationally on animal welfare issues, highlighting problems such as the Canadian seal hunt, the devastation of the world‘s whale population and the international transportation of horses. In the early 1960s, ISPA established a reputation for its emergency work bringing aid to the animal victims of disasters. One of WFPA‘s most significant achievements was the passing of a series of wide ranging animal conventions by the Council of Europe.
From its original bases in the UK and the US, WSPA has extended and enhanced the work of these organizations. During the early 1980s, new field offices were established in Costa Rica, Brazil, Colombia and Canada which considerably increased the scope of the Society‘s investigations and projects.
Today, WSPA has 12 offices worldwide and more than 550,000 individual supporters. WSPA is also the world‘s largest network of animal protection specialists with a membership of more than 889 member societies in over 153 countries. The Society is represented on numerous international bodies and is the only animal welfare organization to have consultative status at the United Nations and the Council of Europe.
A key area of WSPA‘s work has been the introduction of animal welfare principles into regions where they were previously underdeveloped or non-existent. WSPA has successfully introduced procedures to ensure the humane slaughter of livestock in many developing countries and has run numerous projects to improve the conditions of stray animal populations. In Eastern Europe, following the political revolution which swept through the region from 1989, WSPA gave resources to many new animal protection groups and contributed to the passing of national animal welfare laws in several countries including Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary.
Building on the experience of ISPA, WSPA staff has brought emergency aid to animals during floods, earthquakes, explosions, famines, oil spills and wars around the world and has built a reputation as a world leader in this field. Help has been provided for animals in a wide range of situations including the Gulf War, the Kosovo conflict, earthquakes in India in 2000 and El Salvador in 2001 and floods in Honduras and Mozambique during 2000.