Tag: International Fellowship of Christians and Jews
60% of Israeli parents fear rising costs may impact children’s education
As millions of Israeli children prepare for the first day of school, a study by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) has revealed that nearly 60% of parents fear that the rising...
Scholarships help send more Israeli youth to summer-camp programs
Doubling support to the Israel Summer Camps Forum, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) has contributed more than 1.5 million shekels (more than $400,000) towards scholarships for campers this summer. The scholarship...
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews rushes bomb shelters to Ashkelon
On Wednesday, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews placed five bomb shelters in areas of Ashkelon identified by local authorities as lacking ample protection.
The locations included residential neighborhoods where homes had no shelters...
90 Ukrainian Jewish refugees come home to Israel
Ninety Ukrainian Jewish refugees arrived in Israel on Wednesday to begin a new chapter of their lives, on a chartered flight made possible by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ).
The group joined...
Fellowship adds new mobile bomb shelters in bombarded Ashkelon, Israel
In response to the barrage of nearly 2,000 rockets being launched by Hamas in the Gaza Strip into Israel, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has placed 13 mobile bomb shelters this week...
10,000 elderly residents in public housing across Israel receive winter kits
In the midst of winter in Israel, residents are struggling with the financial burden of heating their homes, especially as they spend more time indoors as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and bills...
Social workers in Israel’s south get 500 protective vests for rocket barrages
The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews distributed approximately 500 protective vests on Tuesday for social workers and emergency response workers in Negev communities, including Beersheva, Sderot, Netivot and a number of Bedouin communities.
“The...
Citing anti-Semitism in Europe, 140 French Jews move to Israel
A total of 140 new olim (“immigrants”) from France arrived in Israel earlier this week and were welcomed at Ben-Gurion Airport by Pnina Tamano-Shata, Israeli Minister of Immigration and Absorption, and the president of the International...
Homebound seniors in Israel battle isolation, loneliness during pandemic
While a number of Jewish organizations are focused on helping the elderly in Israel, who are at a higher risk of getting extremely sick from the coronavirus (COVID-19), not get infected with coronavirus, the...
Ukrainian ‘olim’ land in Israel on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
A total of 184 new immigrants (olim) making aliyah from Ukraine via the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews landed in Israel on six separate flights on Jan. 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Many noted that anti-Semitism...