Fellowship Blog


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Project Spotlight: Food, Warmth, Hope for Hanukkah
Let's spread joy and light this holy season by delivering lifesaving medicine, food, and heating assistance to those who are most vulnerable!
Ezer Weizman with his fighter plane during Israel War of Independence, 1948
Ezer Weizman: A Prince and Not a King
Ezer Weizman was an Israeli pilot, commander of the Israeli Air Force, Minister of Defense, and the seventh President of Israel.
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Project Spotlight: Chamah Assistance for Elderly in the FSU
Learn more about our partnership with Chamah, a humanitarian organization dedicated to helping needy Jews in the former Soviet Union (FSU)!
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Faces of The Fellowship: Maya
Maya has had a 38 year career as a physician at a time when many Jews were denied entry into medical school simply because they were Jewish. Learn more about…
Screen capture of an at home physical therapist doing an exercise.
Pandemic Boosting Interest in a Home Rehab Platform
A new Israeli user-friendly at home system for physical therapy is changing the way people heal, reports Israel21c.
IFCJ staff wearing mask with elderly woman, doubly blessed Tuesday, Giving Tuesday
Project Spotlight: Fellowship Volunteers
Fellowship volunteers make sure elderly Israelis have someone to rely on when rockets fall. This is what The Fellowship is all about and you made it possible!
Jews in Warsaw Ghetto, 1940
Letters from the Warsaw Ghetto: The Fate of Tens of
Hans Stockmar, a Christian candle-maker, sent letters and aid to his Jewish friend, a beekeeper named Josef Gelbart, until Gelbart was sent to the Warsaw Ghetto.
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I Hear Him Calling Us
Bishop Paul Lanier, The Fellowship’s Chairman of the Board, shares a Christian perspective on events impacting Israel, the U.S., and the world.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, May His Memory Be a Blessing
The former Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, known for his faith and wisdom, passed away after a battle with cancer.
The Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel.
9 Corona-Proof Ways to Tour Israel With a Guide, From
Our friends at Israel21c share ways to travel to Israel … virtually!
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A High-Tech Monitor for the Elderly That They Don’t Have
Learn about a new Israeli high-tech monitor that hangs on the ceiling or wall and detects medical emergencies in the home.
Chamah social worker helping elderly woman put products from IFCJ food box into refrigerator
Making Connections in a Time of Isolation
The Fellowship's Miriam Lock reflects on how we can break through this isolation that has become so much a part of our experience and into the hearts of those around…