Israel Emergency FundB’nai B’rith International launched an Israel Emergency Fund in response to events in Israel and the Gaza Strip in November 2012. Its goal is to raise funds to assist Israeli residents who are dealing with a barrage of rocket attacks from Hamas. Funds could also be used to help with the personal needs of Israel Defense Forces soldiers. Learn more or give to the fund today.
On December 2, 2010, the Mount Carmel wildfires destroyed more than 10,000 acres of forest land, killed 41 people, and damaged 250 homes. Within days the B’nai B’rith Disaster Relief Fund opened and raised more than $100,000 in just a few weeks. (Click here for the B'nai B'rith Magazine story.) These funds helped buy satellite phones (including a two-year operation package) to distribute to the commanders of 10 regional civilian search and rescue teams. Additional funds were used to build the B’nai B’rith Fire Scouts Clubhouse at the Central Haifa Fire Station, dedicated to the memory of Elad Riven, a 16-year-old fire scout who was killed while fighting the fire (read the magazine article here). One year after the fires were put out, in December 2011, nearly 50 Druze counselors and members of Bedouin Youth Groups from Northern Israel participated in the first-ever leadership seminar on forest safety and fire prevention. In summer 2006, the B’nai B’rith Israel Emergency Fund aided Israeli victims, evacuees, and soldiers fighting the Hezbollah bombings. The fund sent air conditioners, computers, indoor gym and play equipment, and other items to families and children in northern Israel who had been forced into ill-equipped emergency shelters. Israeli soldiers also received books and letters of support from B'nai B'rith as part of the Sifrut (literature) for Soldiers Project. Contact UsFor more information, please call 212-490-3290 or email cca@bnaibrith.org.
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