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In northern Israel:

Key hospital gets fortified operations center

IFCJ dedicates new fortified emergency operations center in northern hospital.

Key hospital gets fortified operations center

Protecting the people:

4,100 flak jackets, 500 first responder kits, 30 mobile shelters

IFCJ increases support for local community defense preparedness across the country.

4,100 flak jackets, 500 first responder kits, 30 mobile shelters

Ahead of High Holidays:

Growing number of Israeli families report financial difficulties

IFCJ to distribute over 30 million shekel to more than 250,000 families and individuals.

Growing number of Israeli families report financial difficulties

New immigrants going into 1st grade receive new school supplies

'Every kid deserves to feel special on the first day of school,' IFCJ chief Yael Eckstein says.

New immigrants going into 1st grade receive new school supplies

Holocaust survivors living in poverty get free electricity

Amidst blistering summer heat, IFCJ and Israel Electric Corporation team up on behalf of Holocaust survivors.

Holocaust survivors living in poverty get free electricity

IFCJ helps send Israeli youth to summer camp

Fellowship contributes over 1.5m towards scholarships, offering 1,000 youth opportunities to attend summer camp.

IFCJ helps send Israeli youth to summer camp

IFCJ donates:

Fourth mobile ICU will benefit communities in northern Israel

In historic display of support for Druze community, IFCJ funds MDA mobile ICU to serve Carmel, Galilee, and Golan Heights villages.

Fourth mobile ICU will benefit communities in northern Israel

IFCJ places five new bomb shelters in Ashkelon

With latest outbreak of violence, IFCJ increases effort to protect civilians in Israel’s south.

IFCJ places five new bomb shelters in Ashkelon

IFJC to install 9 bomb shelters in northern Israel next week

International Fellowship of Christians and Jews works to increase number of bomb shelters in north amidst security escalation, rocket fire,

IFJC to install 9 bomb shelters in northern Israel next week

IFCJ doubles number of bomb shelters in Tiberias

International Fellowship of Christians and Jews places 9 new bomb shelters in northern city.

IFCJ doubles number of bomb shelters in Tiberias

1 year into Ukraine war:

90 Ukrainian Jews arrive in Israel

Israel continues to work with IFCJ to assist Jews forced out of their homes by the war between Russia and Ukraine.

90 Ukrainian Jews arrive in Israel

73% of Ukrainian Jews will need to choose between food and heat

Survey of Ukrainian Jewry shows desperate winter ahead; IFCJ to provide $6.5 million towards heat, food, and supplies for winter months.

73% of Ukrainian Jews will need to choose between food and heat

Ahead of holiday, organization delivers 28m in food and support

Ahead of Rosh Hashanah holiday, IFCJ distributes 28 million shekel in support to Israel's needy.

Ahead of holiday, organization delivers 28m in food and support

IFCJ celebrates special 100th birthday for seniors

Holocaust survivors and other senior immigrants celebrate their 100th birthdays in a joint birthday party organized by IFCJ.

IFCJ celebrates special 100th birthday for seniors

Children from poor families to get vouchers for school supplies

Survey conducted in partnership with Geocartography finds 25 percent of Israeli parents unable to afford basic school supplies.

Children from poor families to get vouchers for school supplies

Tel Aviv:

New homeless shelter to offer home for substance abuse victims

Tel Aviv – Jaffa municipality dedicates 'Homeless Shelter by the Sea' in memory of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein.

New homeless shelter to offer home for substance abuse victims

City battered by rockets receives new emergency control unit

Responding to latest rocket fire from Gaza, IFCJ donates new Ashkelon emergency control unit.

City battered by rockets receives new emergency control unit

Ethiopian Jews reunited with family in Israel after decades

International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, Israeli ministries bring 150 Ethiopian Jews to Israel

Ethiopian Jews reunited with family in Israel after decades

Food security program, including infant formula, added to budget

Food security pilot program officially added to national budget, with 155 million NIS annual support.

Food security program, including infant formula, added to budget

Israel inaugurates first-ever fleet of emergency electric bikes

IFCJ and United Hatzalah inaugurate Israel’s first fleet of emergency electric bicycles.

Israel inaugurates first-ever fleet of emergency electric bikes

Soldiers in Golan Heights celebrate Hanukkah with volunteers

Soldiers from 'Sufa' Battalion stationed in Golan Heights celebrate with volunteers from IFCJ, Yahad for the Wellbeing of Israel’s Soldiers.

Soldiers in Golan Heights celebrate Hanukkah with volunteers

New budget includes more funds to help impoverished families

Budget passage to free up critical funding for food security program.

New budget includes more funds to help impoverished families

South American immigrants arrive in Israel

Forty days after they were scheduled to fly, 137 South American immigrants finally land in Israel.

South American immigrants arrive in Israel

Overcoming hurdles, 31 Brazilian Jews immigrate to Israel

After several canceled flights, 31 Brazilian Jews zigzag their way to new homes in Israel.

Overcoming hurdles, 31 Brazilian Jews immigrate to Israel

Israel to receive $2 million in coronavirus equipment

International Fellowship of Christians and Jews donates $2 million for lifesaving equipment to help Israel fight coronavirus.

Israel to receive $2 million in coronavirus equipment

Campaign to illuminate Hanukkah for Israel’s elderly population

International Fellowship of Christians and Jews tackles plague of loneliness among Israel’s elderly population by bringing Hanukkah joy.

Campaign to illuminate Hanukkah for Israel’s elderly population

Protecting first responders on the Gaza border

Emergency response units near Gaza receive hundreds of protective vests from International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.

Protecting first responders on the Gaza border

Aliyah from Lubavitcher Rebbe's apartment 25 years after passing

Cohen family left lives in France, but also special home, that of Lubavitcher Rebbe's mother in Paris, 25 years after Rebbe's passing.

Aliyah from Lubavitcher Rebbe's apartment 25 years after passing

Pro-Israel Christian organization renews ties with Jewish Agency

Jewish Agency and International Fellowship for Christians and Jews renew collaboration after 5-year split.

Pro-Israel Christian organization renews ties with Jewish Agency

Hungary: Jews come to Israel after 13% increase in anti-Semitism

International Fellowship of Christians and Jews brings first Hungarian Jews to Israel.

Hungary: Jews come to Israel after 13% increase in anti-Semitism

Rabbi Carlebach's daughter visits father's destroyed village

Dari Carlebach, accompanied by daughter of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, visits ruins of her father's home in Mevo Modi'in.

Rabbi Carlebach's daughter visits father's destroyed village

Ahead of Independence Day, 220 new immigrants from Ukraine

Another 37 new olim from other countries including Uruguay, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Brazil, Venezuela and France come also come this week.

Ahead of  Independence Day, 220 new immigrants from Ukraine

'I know that the IDF is strong, and I'm happy to be here'

Undaunted by security threats, new immigrants settle in Gaza periphery.

'I know that the IDF is strong, and I'm happy to be here'

243 olim arrive in Israel, continuing legacy of Rabbi Eckstein

“This flight from Ukraine is one of the best ways to preserve the memory of my father and demonstrates that we are continuing in his path.”

243 olim arrive in Israel, continuing legacy of Rabbi Eckstein

Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein passes away

Rabbi Eckstein, president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, passes away Wednesday at age 67.

Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein passes away

Last 250 immigrants in 2018 include deputy mayors, pool champ

250 new immigrants arrive in Israel, including two deputy mayors and a billiard champion.

Last 250 immigrants in 2018 include deputy mayors, pool champ

'We saw soldiers who were sweating and tired'

Over 4,170 soldiers stationed near Gaza receive refresher packages from the International Fellowship Vehicle.

'We saw soldiers who were sweating and tired'

Amid rising Gaza tensions, over 200 immigrate to Israel

Over 200 from Brazil, Ukraine, Argentina, immigrate to Israel as Hamas fires rockets at Israel.

Amid rising Gaza tensions, over 200 immigrate to Israel

First time in Israel: Drone to prevent infiltrations into town

Residents of Efrat introduce Drone that will help locate and prevent terror infiltrations into the community.

First time in Israel: Drone to prevent infiltrations into town

New immigrants celebrate Hanukkah at Ben Gurion airport

208 new immigrants from Ukraine celebrate first Hanukkah in Israel.

New immigrants celebrate Hanukkah at Ben Gurion airport

'Bringing new immigrants is the best way to celebrate Israel'

Marking 70 years after UN partition vote on Israel, 201 immigrants arrive from Ukraine.

'Bringing new immigrants is the best way to celebrate Israel'

'We will not rest until every Jew wishing to immigrate is here'

227 new immigrants arrive in Israel and celebrate Israel Aliyah week in their real home.

'We will not rest until every Jew wishing to immigrate is here'

Russian rabbi: Providing aid does more for us than for others

International organizations provide food and clothes for the holiday to needy families in Israel, Russia, Ukraine.

Russian rabbi: Providing aid does more for us than for others

Ukrainian children to start first grade in Israel

120 new immigrants arrive in Israel from Ukraine, 9 of them start first grade in Israel.

Ukrainian children to start first grade in Israel

Interfaith fellowship to fund Israeli summer camps

International Fellowship for Christians and Jews provides summer camp subsidies for 11,000 of Israel's poorest children.

Interfaith fellowship to fund Israeli summer camps

81% of Israelis in poverty believe they will always be poor

New survey shows 4 out of 5 Israelis living in poverty believe that their economic situation will not improve.

81% of Israelis in poverty believe they will always be poor

Christian-Jewish fellowship helping Israeli Arabs during Ramadan

International Fellowship of Christians and Jews to provide hundreds of thousands of shekels in food vouchers to needy Arab families.

Christian-Jewish fellowship helping Israeli Arabs during Ramadan

Brazilian evangelists - Israel's next great ally?

IFCJ launches a new campaign to raise Israel support among growing evangelical community in Brazil, which is world's largest following US.

Brazilian evangelists - Israel's next great ally?

1 in 3 senior citizens gives up heat, food or medicine

Friendship Fund survey finds worrying situation: Hundreds of thousands of elderly forsake basic needs due to financial difficulties.

1 in 3 senior citizens gives up heat, food or medicine

US Black Churches Rally in Support of Israel

Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein invokes historic black-Jewish alliance of Civil Rights movement to rally congregants for continued Israel support.

US Black Churches Rally in Support of Israel

Iran Deal: American Christians Warn 'Annihilation Looms' for US

Interfaith campaign taps millions of Christians in US to demand Congress drop the deal, with viral video and millions of e-mails.

Iran Deal: American Christians Warn 'Annihilation Looms' for US

Rabbis: Stay Away from Jewish-Christian Group's Money

The Binyamin Region Rabbinical Council instructed schools in the region to reject program funding from a Jewish-Christian group of donors

Rabbis: Stay Away from Jewish-Christian Group's Money