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  “Family Update” from the ICEJ’s Home for Holocaust Survivors

  For the elderly residents of the ICEJ’s Home for Holocaust Survivors in Haifa, we provide a warm and welcoming community that feels more like family than a retirement home. Each one lost many relatives in the Holocaust some 80 years ago, and they are so glad to now live out their lives in dignity among our caring staff and fellow survivors who shared the same experiences. Here are some of the latest happenings at the Haifa Home.

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  Recovery for Kibbutz Nir Oz in Israel: Healing through Design

  This is a powerful line from a poem written by Bracha, a resident of Kibbutz Nir Oz in Israel, about facing the loss of her husband and a son during the Hamas massacres of October 7, 2023.

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  ICEJ Homecare Inspires Joy, Brightens Days for Lonely in Israel

  Homecare is a central part of the Christian Embassy’s founding mandate in 1980 to “Comfort, comfort My people” (Isaiah 40:1).

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  ICEJ-Donated Bomb Shelters Bring Hope, Healing to Israelis

  ICEJ donor branches from four nations helped deliver three new bomb shelters to a trauma therapy and resilience center in the Sha’ar HaNegev region near the Gaza border.

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  ICEJ Readies for Increased Aliyah in 2025

  Despite more than a year of war in Israel, the nation took in over 30,000 Jewish immigrants in 2024.

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  ICEJ-Sponsored Sela Flights Bring Home Sons and Daughters of Zion

  Aliyah to Israel continues at a fast pace despite more than a year of war. More than 30,000 Olim came home to Israel last year, a strong year for Aliyah considering Israel’s continuing seven-front war.

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  ICEJ USA Branch Donates Ambulance to Magen David Adom

  A recent ceremony in Israel marked the dedication of a brand-new ambulance, generously donated by the ICEJ USA Branch to Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s national emergency medical, disaster, ambulance, and blood bank service.

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  Haifa Home Team Caring for Holocaust Survivors during War

  Amid the intense conflict in northern Israel, the ICEJ’s Haifa Home for Holocaust Survivors continues to provide vital care and support to its elderly residents—many of whom bear the deep scars of surviving the horrors of previous wars.

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  ICEJ War Relief Aid in Israel: One Year Overview

  On the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, 2023, the people of Israel awoke to a nightmare.

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  ICEJ Offers Healing and Practical Help to Kibbutz Nir Oz

  On October 7 last year, the peaceful community of Nir Oz, located a mere mile from the Gaza border, became a place of unimaginable tragedy. Hamas terrorists stormed the village, leaving devastation in their path. Over 80 percent of the kibbutz was destroyed….

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  In Memorium: Betsy Rigell—Friend to Israel and ICEJ Shomer Society Member

  The ICEJ recently lost a dear friend, Betsy Rigell. Betsy loved Israel and had been to the Land with her husband Sid many times, bringing groups to Israel. When Sid passed away, she felt an urge to work as a volunteer at the ICEJ in Jerusalem, and her six children encouraged her to do so. She applied and was accepted to work with me in the mail department. The ICEJ staff loved her warm and open character and her heart for prayer.

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  Helping Vulnerable Israelis Rebuild and Recover

  The brutal Hamas pogrom against Israel on October 7 reminded us just how fragile life can be. In the days following, thousands of Israelis were evacuated from their devastated communities. That immense tragedy has changed Israel forever.