{"id":44799,"date":"2023-10-27T13:11:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T17:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/?p=44799"},"modified":"2023-10-31T15:37:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T19:37:57","slug":"community-update-102723","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/2023\/10\/27\/community-update-102723\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Impact in Israel: Update 10.27.23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43896\" src=\"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WeStandwithIsrael_TOP_1200x630.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WeStandwithIsrael_TOP_1200x630.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WeStandwithIsrael_TOP_1200x630-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk; font-size: 21px;\">As our community continues to process the brutal attacks that took place on our Jewish homeland, we are grateful to the almost 2,000 generous donors who have contributed over $5 million to our <a href=\"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/israel-terror-relief-fund\/\">Israel Terror Relief Fund<\/a>. Through our global partner organizations, contributions are providing for:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk;\"><strong>Basic Needs<\/strong>: Food and financial assistance for impacted families, the elderly and the homebound.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk;\"><strong>Evacuation, Housing, Respite and Support for Frontline Communities:<\/strong> Support for communities under fire and for new <em>olim<\/em> (immigrants) living in absorption centers through evacuations, temporary housing, children\u2019s activities and increased security.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk;\"><strong>Victims of Terror:<\/strong> Provides immediate cash grants to families and individuals who have been impacted by acts of terror and violence, for post-trauma care, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk;\"><strong>Trauma Relief and Psychosocial Care:<\/strong> Support wide-scale trauma relief and psychosocial support with expanded capabilities through telephone hotlines; direct care to first responders, Lone Soldiers, the injured, and families whose relatives were murdered, injured, or abducted; training and support for caregivers and responders, including hospital emergency teams and municipal teams.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk;\"><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk;\"><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk;\"><strong>Emergency Medical Services and Healthcare<\/strong>: Medical supplies and equipment for first responders and hospitals.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk; font-size: 21px;\"><strong>Global Partner Spotlight<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk;\"><strong>The Jewish Agency for Israel<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk;\">The Jewish Agency\u2019s Fund for Victims of Terror is providing immediate, critical financial aid to victims and their families. In addition, the Jewish Agency seeks to provide respite for people living in the conflict zone and activities for their children (including nearly 4,000 <em>olim<\/em> living in absorption centers, as well as enhanced security). Additional staffing will support 5,000 elderly residents of Amigour in the south, ensuring they have food and other items within their sheltered apartments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk;\"><strong>American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk;\">JDC is one of Jewish Federation&#8217;s historic partners, with deep roots and an unshakable connection to the State of Israel. JDC is caring for those who have no one else to turn to \u2013 vulnerable seniors, people with disabilities, children and young adults at risk, families in financial distress, and the unemployed. Jewish Federation emergency support will enable JDC to respond to the unique needs of these special populations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As our community continues to process the brutal attacks that took place on our Jewish homeland, we are grateful to the almost 2,000 generous donors who have contributed over $5<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/2023\/10\/27\/community-update-102723\/\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44799"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45036,"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44799\/revisions\/45036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}