"We rely on your kindness."
Slava is a 58-year-old immigrant from Odessa, Ukraine. He lives with his disabled wife in Ashdod. Each day Slava comes to the Mana Hama soup kitchen, where he fills two large plastic containers...
Ofrah: "I Will Never Forget My Christian Friends"
Ofrah is a religious woman who lives with her husband and eight children in the Israeli southern city of Netivot. "Children are a blessing and God has been good to us," smiles Ofrah. "We've done...
Noy: Third-Year Law Student at The College of Management.
Through the IMPACT! program, Noy volunteers at the Acharey! ("Follow Me!") organization in the city of Ramle. He manages to devote much of his time to working with the youth in the organization...
Helping a Man Broken in Body and Spirit
By the time Tuvia reached Israel in 1995, he had already survived the evils of the two wickedest tyrants of the past century – Hitler and Stalin. He spent his early childhood years running, hiding,...
Aviv Has Been Diagnosed with Cancer.
So many Jews in Israel struggle to afford life’s basic necessities. The Fellowship is working every day to give needy Jews the food and medical assistance they need to survive. You can help provide...
When Daily Meals Aren't a Given
"To some people, having a warm meal every day is a given, but for me, and so many others who come here to eat, it's a matter of survival," says 60-year-old Liza as she sits at Nitzav Refael, a...
Impoverished Widow Finds Needed Hope in Operation Winter Warmth
Tonya is 82 and lives alone in a decrepit apartment in one of the oldest and poorest neighborhoods in her part of the former soviet republic of Georgia. A 2002 earthquake destroyed the apartment's...
"The Fellowship made all the difference!"
Raya was 13 when she fled the former Soviet Union for Israel with her mother and younger brother. In Israel Raya experienced freedom for the first time. "I was able to walk the streets on Sabbath...
A Very Special Reason for Celebrating Israel's Independence
On April 16th, Israel celebrated her sixty-fifth anniversary of her independence. One person who has a special reason to celebrate is Bracha.
Warming a Cancer Patient's Home and Heart
Yitzchak was five years old and living in Morocco when the modern state of Israel was founded. Riots, lynchings, and unwarranted arrests of Jewish residents in Morocco and the surrounding Arab...
Protecting an Israeli Hospital in a War Zone
Lea works at a hospital in the middle of a war zone. Barzilai Hospital is located in southern Israel, in the direct line of fire of the rockets launched regularly by terrorists in nearby Gaza....
We knew Israel was the only place where Jews can be free
Born in Ukraine, Alexander was only 11 when his family was forced to flee the approaching Nazi army. "We lived in a cabin that didn't have any heating," Alexander recalls of their rustic home in...
"I come here to alleviate my hunger, my pain, and my sadness."
Every morning at 7:00 sharp, Gidon stands at the entrance of The Fellowship soup kitchen in Jerusalem, waiting anxiously for its doors to open. Although breakfast is not served until 7:30, Gidon...
"You've Saved My Life!"
Bracha, a 39-year-old single mother, was in a serious car accident when she was 12 that affected her physically and mentally. She was in a coma for two months, and still has a limp and slurred...
Olga: A desperate single mother receives strength to carry on
Olga came to Israel alone six years ago from the former Soviet Union, wanting to make a new start in life. She settled in Kiryat Shmona, where she met her husband. He had a good job with a steady...
