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Yael standing on the Mount of Olives overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem. As the new head of the International “Fellowship” that helps 1.5 million people a year, she has taken what her father, Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, built and is adding her own vision to the 36-year-old organization. Source: Facebook.

Yael Eckstein is putting her own mark on building bridges between Christians and Jews

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It’s traumatic enough to experience the loss of a beloved parent, especially one who dies suddenly at the age of 67. But in February, soon after burying her father, Yael Eckstein had to undergo...
A plane full of 121 new immigrants from Ukraine arrives in Israel on July 29, 2019. Photo by Noam Moskowitz.

Israel welcomes 121 new immigrants from Ukraine

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed 121 new immigrants (olim) from Ukraine on Monday morning at a reception held at the foot of their plane. The olim, who arrived on a special flight organized by the...
An Israeli family who lost their home in a fire that consumed moshav Mevo Modi’im in May gets some welcome financial assistance to help rebuild their lives, July 2019. Credit: IFCJ.

International Fellowship emergency effort helps raise $500,000 for Mevo Modi’im

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In its continued efforts to help the families of the incinerated community of Mevo Modi’im get back on their feet, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has helped the small moshav raise more than $500,000...
Erika and Sandor Horvat moved from Budapest to Israel in June 2019. Credit: IFCJ.

International Fellowship of Christians and Jews brings first Hungarians to Israel

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The first new immigrants (olim) from Hungary to move to Israel through the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews arrived on Wednesday. Sandor and Erika Horvat, a young couple in their 30s from Budapest, moved...
Dari Carlebach (left), daughter of the late Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, and Yael Eckstein, daughter of the late Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, examine damage by fire to nearly 50 homes in moshav Mevo Modi’im, May 27, 2019. Credit: IFCJ.

International Fellowship raises $275,000 for moshav that lost homes to fire

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The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has mobilized to raise more than 1 million shekels (about $275,000) in emergency assistance for residents of moshav Mevo Modi’im, a small agricultural community west of Jerusalem near the...
Just a few days before Israeli Independence Day, 220 Jews from Ukraine became new citizens of Israel on May 6, 2019, arriving on three separate flights organized by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (Keren L’Yedidut). Photo by Noam Moscowitz.

Group of 220 new immigrants from Ukraine arrive before Israel Independence Day

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Just a few days before Israel Independence Day (Yom Ha’atzmaut)—despite the fact that more than 600 rockets were fired at Israel over the weekend by Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip—220 Jews...