A month ago, Iran struck a shelter roof on Shabbat morning, and you didn’t look away.
You’ve now given $51,331 to families caught in Iran’s assault on Israeli civilians. We want you to sit with that number for a moment, because it represents something real.
It means families whose homes took direct hits have had roofs over their heads. It means children who survived the last war and are reliving it now, the same sirens, the same fear, the same question of whether the walls will hold, have had therapists to talk to. It means soldiers called up on emergency orders, who left families behind with no warning and no income, didn’t come home to nothing. Your generosity reached all of them.
We tell you this because you deserve to know exactly where your money is going.
Every dollar continues to reach Israelis who need it. Israelis injured in missile strikes face immediate medical costs, lost income, and lasting trauma: your gifts help cover what insurance doesn’t, ensuring families who took shrapnel wounds and lost wages in the same moment aren’t left to face recovery alone.
When a missile strikes a building, families are made homeless in seconds: your donations help fund emergency housing, food, clothing, and basic necessities for people who have nowhere to turn. And the psychological toll of living through this, especially for children experiencing it for the second time, is severe and lasting: your generosity helps fund therapy and counseling for families trying to find solid ground beneath their feet when the ground keeps shaking.
This past Shabbat, a ballistic missile broke through Israel’s air defense system and struck Moshav Eshtaol, minutes from our office in Beit Shemesh. Thirteen people were wounded. Homes and cars were destroyed. Paramedics moved through the rubble while residents walked around in shock. The wounded were evacuated to hospitals in Jerusalem. That same night in Tel Aviv, a security guard named Vyacheslav Vidmant, 52, didn’t reach a shelter in time. Shrapnel from an Iranian cluster munition killed him on the street after his shift ended.
This is the reality a month in. Not winding down. Still here.
“He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.” (Psalm 121:4). You’ve proven that verse true in practice, not just in principle, by showing up while the rest of the world moved on to the next headline.
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