Stories from Israel
Impact Stories
Stories of how ICEJ is making a difference in Israel, from rebuilding communities to caring for Holocaust survivors and bringing Jews home.
Featured Stories
Featured · August 18, 2026
Leave a Legacy for Israel’s Future: The Story of Kfar Aza’s New Music Center
It’s “Make-a Will” month. Read about one women’s choice to leave a legacy for Israel’s future that is blessing an Israeli community.
Featured · August 13, 2026
ICEJ Staff Pack Groceries for 1,000 Israeli Families
ICEJ staff helped 1,000 Israelis while handing each of them bags of groceries at a social welfare distribution site in Rishon LeZion.
Featured · August 6, 2026
Haifa Home for Holocaust Survivors Summer 2026 Update
Residents at the ICEJ’s Home for Holocaust Survivors in Haifa endured the escalation in the long, intense war with Iran and Hezbollah this past spring and are now embracing the 2026 summer months, showing their creativity in art and blessings the community in special ways.
Featured · July 23, 2026
Kibbutz Be’eri: Rebuilding a Community, Restoring Hope
The rebuilding of Kibbutz Be’eri in Israel encompasses every aspect of life—restoring people emotionally, physically, economically, and more.
Featured · June 10, 2026
ICEJ USA Donates over 11.5K Medical Supplies to Israel
ICEJ staff helped renovate 10 Holocaust Survivor homes frequently impacted by missiles from Iran.
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Dream of Reaching Israel Comes True for 61 Ethiopian Jews
For a group of 61 Ethiopian Jews, their long-awaited dreams of reaching the promised land finally came true recently, thanks to Aliyah flights sponsored by the ICEJ.
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Helping South African Jews Depart “Rainbow Nation” for Promised Land
In March, the ICEJ helped seven South African Jews change their lives forever when they left the “Rainbow Nation” currently ruled by a government with a clear anti-Israel agenda and flew directly to the promised land on an ICEJ-sponsored Aliyah flight.
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ICEJ Brings Aid to Israel – Helps Absorption Center
ICEJ is brining aid to Israel by assisting with the Aliyah and absorption needs of the steady stream of Jews from around the world who continue to immigrate to their biblical homeland, despite the current war.
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Childhood in the Shadow of the Holocaust
At age eight Manya found herself living under the shadow of the Holocaust. Her life-story has led her to the ICEJ Haifa Home for Holocaust Survivor where we are both proud and determined to preserve her story.
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ICEJ Passover Gifts Uplift Jewish Families Amid War
The ICEJ AID team traveled all around the country over recent weeks to distributed …
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ICEJ Sponsored PTSD Center in Israel
Experts are warning of a growing mental health crisis in Israel due to the current war with Hamas ….
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Israel’s Passover Plea: Let Our People Go!
In the bustling streets of Jerusalem, the sweet scent of almond blossoms mingles with a palpable sense of anticipation, heralding the arrival of Spring.
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A Grandmother’s Wisdom During Wartime
The above prophetic word, written 500 years before the Jesus walked the earth, is being fulfilled in our days.
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ICEJ Helping Young Ethiopian Jewish Immigrants Aim High in Israel
The war ignited by Hamas on October 7 has been shocking and traumatic for everyone in Israel, and even more so for new Ethiopian Jewish immigrants already trying to overcome huge cultural differences and language barriers.
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Haifa Home Prepares for War, Renovates Dining Room
The ICEJ’s Home for Holocaust Survivors in Haifa is renovating its dining room and preparing residents in case the war in Gaza escalates into a major conflict with Hezbollah in the north.
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Israeli October 7 Survivor Shares Miracle Stories
Many Christians have heard elderly Holocaust Survivors tell their stories of suffering and loss and also how they worry that people will forget or deny what happened to them.
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Giving Evacuated Children the Courage and Confidence to Heal
The ICEJ AID team recently had the privilege of meeting with Lital and Gafnit, two parents of children who benefited from assistance given to help ease the burden on evacuated families with at-risk children.