The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has launched a philanthropic campaign with the goal of assisting Jews and Israelis.
The IFCJ is a "nonprofit building bridges between Christians and Jews, blessing Israel and the Jewish people around the world with humanitarian care and life-saving aid," according to its website.
The organization has distributed more than $11 million to assist over 260,000 people with Rosh Hashanah expenses and the beginning of the new school year, including the elderly, lone soldiers and orphan children. It accomplished this by mobilizing thousands of donors that are supporters of Israel.
"The fellowship has significantly increased our budget to supply food and other basic needs to families, elderly and children," president and CEO Yael Eckstein said. "We are grateful to the hundreds of thousands of fellowship donors who, despite the global crisis, are mobilizing to help the people of Israel and Jews in distress around the world."
Leading up to the start of the new school year as well as Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the fellowship is furthering the scope of its philanthropic efforts.
"We want them to be able to celebrate the holidays with dignity," Eckstein said.
The campaign includes over 30,000 vouchers for food purchasing, 15,000 vouchers for the purchase of school supplies, $900,000 in grants to aid organizations, $75,000 for holiday gifts for the elderly, and over 8,000 food packages to be distributed to families supported by the Nutritional Security Program and Yad B’Yad (Hand in Hand) of Lod.
Earlier this month, the IFCJ funded defibrillators that were placed in Jerusalem’s Great Synagogue.