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Beneficiaries and Allocations

International Rescue & Relief in Israel

Assisting Those in Need

For over fifty years now, this Federation has supported Israel. We have done this by funding programs to bring new immigrants and assist those in need. Over seventy percent of the funding is used to rescue and resettle new immigrants. Remember our struggle to obtain freedom for our brothers and sisters in the Soviet Union? Now that freedom to emigrate to Israel has been achieved, we must support those who choose to go.

From Hebrew lessons and medical care to vocational training and housing, your contribution gives these new immigrants an opportunity to become productive members of Israeli society. The other thirty percent spent in Israel is used to help the poorest of the poor. Despite Israel's efforts to improve its economy, there are still thousands of children, elderly, disabled and others living in terrible poverty. We support a wide rage of programs aimed at helping those in poverty.

Many of our programs are targeted to populations with special needs such as Ethiopian immigrants, seniors and single mothers. We also fund battered women's shelters, assisted living units for the disabled and residential treatment facilities for children who are victims of sexual abuse.

If you are concerned about where your charitable dollars are going, come to Israel with the Federation on one of our Missions and you can see for yourself the incredible work your contribution makes possible. In Israel, you will be invited to conduct your own fact-finding to meet with the directors of the programs you fund and to look into the eyes of the recipients you assist.

A place to make dreams come true Soon after "Operation Exodus," there were more than 75,000 Ethiopian Jews living in Israel. More than 80% were living in poverty. 75% of the adults couldn't read or write Hebrew. Most had never held a pencil in Ethiopia. The journey to Israel is behind them. The journey in Israel has just begun. With your help, Federation can do more. For generations their families worked the land and dreamed of "next year in Jerusalem." Until last year, when, for Shlomo and Yoram, that dream came true. Now, they want to be soccer players, one day; teachers, the next. For these boys, for 40,000 other Ethiopian immigrant children under the age of 18 and 2,000 new Jewish Ethiopian babies born each year in this community, the journey to Israel is behind them. The journey in Israel has just begun. A donation to the Federation will help support a 10-city plan to integrate 24,000 Ethiopian schoolchildren into modern Israeli society ... after school centers for 2,500 Ethiopian children who need special help ... post high-school scholarships for all Ethiopian students ... housing for new Ethiopian immigrants ... and residential programs that give troubled Ethiopian teenagers a fresh start. With your help, Federation can do more.