Over 30% of Holocaust survivors are living in poverty, and The Fellowship has made it one of our missions to lower that percentage with each survivor that we provide with financial assistance, food boxes, and other essentials. This week, The Fellowship is proud to have helped and to share the stories of a few of these Holocaust survivors: Liza, 85, Vera, 94, and Tziporah, 100, who live in Israel.
Liza lives in Tel Aviv and receives both food boxes and other financial aid from The Fellowship. Her care costs drastically increased when she recently had an accident and had to hire a caregiver. Though Lisa has a family, she does not want to be a burden to them.
“With your help, I got this food box. Thank you and God bless you,” Lisa told The Fellowship.
In her 90s, Vera would benefit very much from a caregiver like Liza has. However, this would leave her no money to feed herself. She does this by going to an elderly club near her home, also in Tel Aviv, and eating her meals there. The food boxes she receives from The Fellowship save her more money on the trip. Vera does still make her walks out to Hostage Square to pray for the hostages’ return and to make her voice heard with her community.
Tziporah survived the horrors of Auschwitz and now lives in Ashdod. Her old apartment complex lacks a bomb shelter or safe room, so she hides in the stairwell with her caregiver whenever the sirens sound. They still shelter in place from time to time, but Tziporah asserts that she is no longer afraid. The generous Christian donors of The Fellowship echo the actions of the Christians who snuck food into Auschwitz for Tziporah and other prisoners so they wouldn’t starve.
“Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attainted in the way of righteousness.” Proverbs 16:31
