We Want to Help…
They wanted so much to help as Israel faced unceasing rocket fire over 11 straight days.
So Dr. Lana M. Rifkin contacted Dr. Mendy Uminer of Chabad of Chestnut Hill and told him :
“Our organization, Russian Jewish Community Foundation (RJCF), has raised emergency funds for Israel. We’re looking for a non-profit that is on the ground and has been, specifically during the rocket attacks and now during the cease-fire we hope will last.”
Rabbi Uminer immediately put Dr. Rifkin in touch with Chabad’s Terror Victims Project (CTVP).
Dr. Rifkin asked what CTVP was doing to help the suffering families. Moshe Gruenberg of CTVP told her that among many other things, emergency aid was being distributed to families who lost their homes from rocket strikes. CTVP was ensuring that the children of Ashkelon and Sderot were being treated by post trauma professionals. Presents were being delivered to the children of the Eshkol region (over 1500 rockets fell there over the 11 days). CTVP is organizing a Bar Mitzvah for a child whose father was severely hurt in a direct rocket attack.
Moshe told her CTVP is there for the families of victims of terror and war and has been since the Six-Day War in 1967. Dr. Rifkin knew her organization had found the right people to most effectively utilize the funds they had raised.
Moshe said: “We deeply appreciate that they want to stand with us and help us. As soon as it is possible to come to Israel, we invite them to go with us to the hospitals and areas hardest hit by the rockets. RJCF and their community's monetary commitment will help bring these families support and their presence will bring comfort. We thank RJCF and their community for their care and concern.”
And we pray with everyone around the world that the cease-fire will last.