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Shalom dear donors and friends of the Olim Fund,
The last five weeks have been grueling as Israel struggled against
a difficult enemy set out to erase our country from the map and
to kill us all while those of us who reside here in the North
either headed South, or spent a great deal of time scurrying back
and forth to air raid shelters as the sirens wailed and the barrages
of rockets fell.
All of the members of the Board of Directors of your Fund and
their families stand in awe, thanksgiving and praise before the
Lord God of Israel who spared us personally of anything more that
frayed nerves, sleepless nights and tears of sadness as we watched
our fellow Israelis pay the ultimate price in blood while our
beautiful country was torn asunder by the incessant showers of
explosive evil that fell upon us from the sky with regularity
each day.
Last evening, the Board of Directors met in the Silverman's lovely
home in nearby Porriyya. I chose that location for our meeting
since I took this rural community to be "safer" than
our own apartment in the center of Tiberias. When I mentioned
this rationale to Tamara Silverman, our newly appointed Managing
Secretary, she pointed to an open field just a few meters from
where we were standing in her living room, to the place where
four Katusahs had impacted menacingly close to them. Dear ones,
no place in Israel is truly safe these days nor will there be
such a place here for any foreseeable time in the future.
Thanks to your never failing generosity, last evening were able
to distribute $11,138 among 20 of our most hurting families. This
was a very great blessing and we rejoice with all of our hearts
that you made this giving loveliness a reality. The details of
this distribution are the substance of the attached monthly report.
For those of you who know me personally you would not expect me
to passionately cry out for further financial assistance. But,
let me tell you, the 20 families you blessed last evening were
only the tip of what will surely soon be a massive iceberg of
urgent survival needs that will fall upon us before our next meeting
in mid September. Already, the current distribution gives a small
introduction to what lies just ahead in the coming weeks. Hundreds
of thousands of olim families who marginally survive here in the
Land of their inheritance have now spent most of the past five
weeks in shelters, for the most part unable to work. Even in times
of peace, many of these these dear people are terribly fragile
when it comes to meeting the barest of necessities like food,
shelter, the relief from dental pain, etc. etc. Now, in the face
of these five weeks that have literally snatched the means of
livelihood from their already bare existence, they are already
crying out for help to the Olim Fund and to wherever else they
may find a loving heart or listening ear.
How else can I say it: The Olim Fund of Israel, urgently needs
a huge expansion of its donations if we are to even begin to meet
this enormous need that is now looming before us.
While many of you to who I am sending this report are already
long time generous donors to the Fund, I thank each of you from
the bottom of my heart for your faithful support. I can only ask
you to please take the time now, without delay to tell others
about your Fund and its immediate urgent needs.
For you who are receiving this monthly report for the first time,
please forgive me for introducing myself with my hand out on behalf
of my brothers and sisters here in the Land---this isn't my normal
style, but these are not normal times. Since you may not know
us or where we are coming from, please visit our web site at www.olimpublications.com
to learn the details of how our Fund operates and for what specific
purposes. In this regard, I would like to emphasize that: 1.Donations
are tax deductible in the United States when sent to us through
The Word of Life Association in Roswell, GA, and, 2. Every single
penny of every dollar that is donated will flow directly to the
olim families in need. Our overhead, which is very low, is provided
from sources external to our donation base.
In summary, if you ever had a thought that you would like to take
our dear Lord up on His Almighty challenge that those who bless
Israel will in turn be abunantly blessed, let me tell you, NOW
is the time to open up your hearts and worldly treasure and let
these blessings come forth.
With many thanks and many blessings to you all,
Bob Fischer
Founder and Managing Director
The Olim Fund of the Land of Israel
Amutah (Charity) #580433738
Olim Fund of
the Land of Israel
Monthly distributions
for July, 2006
| Family Size |
Location
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Monthly
Income
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Overview
of Situation Funded
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Gift
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3
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Katzrin
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$1044
|
The seven year old son of a marginally
surviving family in the Golan was in constant pain
from a mouth full of dental cavities. The Fund dealt
with this situation on an emergency out of cycle basis.
The treatment was provided by a local dentist in Katzrin
as the family was unable to travel due to the threat
of frequent rocket attacks.
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$581
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8
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Karmiel
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$860
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This is a very new immigrant young
family with six stair stepped children who have lived
in a bomb shelter in rocket saturated Karmiel during
the past month. They have never had a chance to even
begin adjusting to their new home, and have insufficient
money for the basic survival necessities. Their most
immediate need is for food, baby clothing and diapers.
Fresh out of the shelter the head of the family is
already desperately seeking employment.
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$698
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2
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Karmiel
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$837
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The head of this very young family
has been looking for a better job between rocket attacks,
so far with no success. In the meantime, his income
from a low paying job has been greatly reduced by
lost days in the shelter. His wife is very pregnant
and about to give birth to their first child.
This gift is for the necessities
in preparation for the soon to arrive new member of
the family.
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$349
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2
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Netanya
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$786
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This gift is to assist the Netanya
congregation with providing survival support to this
young family. The head is marginally employed as a
security guard and his wife is still under treatment
for a war related nervous collapse and is unable to
work. Eventually, the government will provide some
support, but in the meantime, outside survival assistance
is urgently needed.
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$349
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4
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Haifa
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$1040
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This abandoned young mother with
three children is in the process of getting a divorce.
The process has been shut down as a result of the
War. In the meantime she her children have severe
dental problems that need immediate attention. They
will be treated in our affiliated clinic in war torn
Haifa.
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$419
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1
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Haifa
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$302
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This recently divorced man is required
to pay all of his meager income from part time employment
to his former wife. He is only working part time as
a translator since his full time job has been cut
way back as a result of the war. He has no money for
food and other survival needs.
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$233
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3
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Hadera
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$744
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This marginally employed divorced
mother of two small children who works as a house
cleaner has been forced by successive landlords to
move three times within the past year. She has had
no help in reading the Hebrew language rental contracts
that have all worked against her. As a result, she
has insufficient money left over from moving related
expenses to survive in the short term. Her third and
current contract has been properly reviewed. This
gift will help her survive as she recovers from this
dismal situation.
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$628
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1
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Hadera
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$233
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This single woman in her thirties
has been attending to her terminally ill mother for
two years while working part time as a house cleaner.
Now that her mother has recently passed away, she
desperately needs to find a full time job in order
to make up for her mother’s now lost government support.
She is unable to meet her bare survival needs on her
very marginal income.
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$349
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1
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Kiriat Bialik
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$412
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This mentally impaired 51 year old
single man shared an apartment with another person
who recently moved out, leaving the total living expense
burden to him. His government support is not enough
to meet this new burden and his congregation is urgently
helping him look for a less expensive apartment.
|
$698
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1
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Kiriat Bialik
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$465
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This 84 year old widow who lives
alone in one of the worst rocket hit areas of the
North was duped by a local shop when she tried to
purchase a desperately needed refrigerator. She lost
both the refrigerator and her money and is now still
in need of this basic appliance.
|
$581
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3
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Kiriat Bialik
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$1047
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This divorced mother of two recently
found a full time job to replace her government assistance
that has sustained her for several years. The problem
is, that her salary, after taxes provides her with
less of an income that she got for sitting at home
doing nothing. This gift will help her adjust to this
new situation as she struggles to survive.
|
$279
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1
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Ashkelon
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$465
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This single woman recently opened
a hairdresser salon that produced insufficient income
for her to survive during the first monthly of its
operation. This is in part due to the rockets that
are constantly being fired at this southern city by
Hamas. Hopefully, her situation will soon improve.
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$698
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2
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Ashkelon
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$791
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This 58 year old woman with one child
at home became a widow three months ago. Her oldest
son who used to help the family is in the army and
fighting in the North. She is now unable to meet all
survival level expenses: rent, utilities and food.
This gift is to help her transition into her new life
situation.
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$698
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6
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Ashkelon
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$1349
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This young mother with five stair
stepped children who works part time as a house cleaner
was recently attacked by her alcoholic husband from
whom she is now separated. In the process he destroyed
much of the family’s meager furniture and devastated
their finances by going from one unsuccessful rehab.
program to the next. This gift is to replace some
of the destroyed furniture and to pay a long overdue
water bill the non-payment of which is threatening
to shut off this vital utility.
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$581
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1
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Jerusalem
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$279
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This single woman is recovering from
major surgery for cancer and has been out of work
for several months. Her meager government support
will eventually be increased but in the meantime she
is not able to meet even the most basic survival needs.
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$558
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7
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Jerusalem
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$1326
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The head of this large family has
been out of work for several months and his employed
wife’s salary, even with government assistance is
just barely able to enable them to survive. She has
long suffered from untreated dental problems that
she has been unable to afford to correct. As a result,
she is how in constant pain and unable to eat anything
but liquids. This gift will partly pay to correct
her urgent situation.
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$698
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4
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Karmiel
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$1307
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The head of this family remained
in Karmiel in order to keep his job while his wife and
two young children fled from the constant rocket barrage
of their city. Even so, his income was greatly reduced
since he could only work part time because of the
situation. This gift is to help offset his loss of
income and the families increased expenses due to
their emergency flight to relative safety.
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$349
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2
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Holon (Tel Aviv)
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$824
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This pastor of a congregation in
Holon has now been treated by our affiliated clinic
in Haifa for urgently required dental problems. Our
Fund has a cap of 3000 NIS ($698) which has been required
in this case.
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$698
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3
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Porriyya
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$465
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This unemployed school teacher who
is married to a marginally unemployed house painter
recently required emergency dental care to replace
her full mouth dentures that were beyond repair
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$298
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2
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Karmiel
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$631
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This very recent new immigrant who
lives with her adult daughter recently was treated
in our associated clinic in Haifa for severe dental
disease that was preventing her from eating and causing
her to be in constant pain.
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$698
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2
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Haifa
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$795
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This 57 year old widow who has her
adult disabled son living at home recently received
care for her emergency dental needs in our affiliated
clinic in Haifa. She too had been in constant pain
and unable to eat solid food.
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$698
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Total monthly gifts
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$11,138
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Copyright 2002 by Raymond Robert
Fischer
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