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ISRAELI RESOURCES
Jerusalem Post is another longtime English-language Israeli daily with a centrist spin.
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MEMRI offers translations from the world Arab press, which often tells a different story in Arabic than in English.
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Honest Reporting counters anti-Israel media bias.
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Virtual Jerusalem is the World Wide Web's Israeli entranceway, featuring live Internet radio, news, free email, greeting cards, and more.
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Israel Religious Action Center is the Reform Movement's religious/social action organization working for religious pluralism and civil rights.
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New Israel Fund raises money for direct distribution to peace and civil-rights groups in Israel, and offers an email list for updates on the current Middle East situation.
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Daily Alert a newsletter of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.​
ISRAEL UPDATES
In support of Israel and our community.
News coming from Israel on a daily basis is appalling, leaving many of us in despair and in need of solace and understanding. The sheer barbarism and depravity is difficult to consume and comprehend. Now is the time for our community to gather together and unite in support of Israel.
Many of us are receiving information from organizations providing emergency support to Israel. This page will be updated frequently to make that information available.
If you have a resource to share, please email details to Bonnie Lasky at bglasky@att.net.
Please note that we will not be doing extensive vetting, so please guide yourself accordingly.
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EMERGENCY SERVICES
Donations support paramedics, EMTs, first responders and first-aid providers on the ground in Israel.
This nonprofit, fully volunteer emergency medical service organization provides help throughout Israel free of charge.
ZAKA This volunteer group provides medical aid and collects human remains in accordance with Jewish law.
HOSPITALS
The Ashkelon hospital sustained rocket fire and has been inundated with hundreds of victims of the attacks.
The nonprofit’s hospitals in Jerusalem are treating victims of the attack and accepting donations for a crisis fund.
The Be’er Sheva hospital has treated hundreds of victims and is seeking donations for its emergency fund to acquire essential medical equipment. soroka.org.
MILITARY
The group is authorized to provide for the welfare of soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces.
This group helps soldiers whose families don’t live in Israel or don’t support them financially.
MENTAL HEALTH
The group runs a 24-hour crisis hotline for mental health emergencies. en.eran.org.il.
The organization and its member groups, especially ERAN and NATAL, have expanded their mental health crisis services due to the large number of requests for help.
NATAL: Israel Trauma Center for Victims of Terror and War
This Israeli organization offers mental health treatment for PTSD and other trauma related to war and terror.
COMMUNITY AID
American Friends of the Israel Association of Community Centers
The centers are helping families who cannot return home and children in need of care due to the shutdown of Israel’s education system.
This Israel-based group, known mainly for humanitarian work outside of Israel, is providing relief supplies and other support to Israeli communities affected by the war.
The organization is raising money for basic needs for vulnerable groups, combating incitement online, trauma counseling and preventing violence in Israeli “mixed” cities with Jewish and Arab residents.
The pro-democracy protest group founded by Israeli expatriates in Silicon Valley is raising money to help families and soldiers in Israel and is seeking volunteers to host Israelis who are stuck abroad.