Two weeks after Passover is an important national holiday for Israel: Yom HaAtzmaut, Independence Day. In honor of this Israel’s 75th birthday, Israel Relief Aid has a special project planned for those that are in service to the nation…
Where are we at on the world’s timeline? One thing that is clearly evident: Israel continues to be in the midst of the ingathering of Ukrainians and Russians as an outcome of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Most did not arrive with…
In the Galil (northern section of Israel) lies the serene Kinneret (Sea of Galilee). Tiberias is the largest city around it. Since Tiberias is in the northeast of Israel, it is far away from the large cities of Haifa, Jerusalem…
Surprisingly, March has been unusually cold in Israel this year, with a number of storms and particularly cold nights. For anyone living in the mountain cities like Jerusalem, Nazareth Ilit, and Tzfat it is super cold. These pictures from the…
A recent container was from Holland brought in by Israel Relief Aid to Haifa and Ashdod. Almost 30 aid centers all over the country came to collect a portion of the packages until they were all gone. Thousands of new immigrants,…
Some of the minority opposition party in Israel under MK’s Gantz and Lapid have been fighting on the streets, unwilling to accept that they lost the election; they have been keeping the police busy arresting lawbreakers who are trying to…
Quickly, Passover will be here. Along with the necessary pre-cleaning for the holiday, most of the food for the entire holiday is purchased in advance. Yet this is not the case for Israelis living in poverty. Since it…
Winter this year has been on the cold side in Israel, however, in the cities that are at higher elevations, they are even colder. In Jerusalem this year, the temperature has gotten down to -1 Deg. C (equals 30 Deg.F)…
With Purim three-day holiday beginning March 6, Israel Relief Aid is going back to the Ben Shemen Youth Village to help sponsor a Purim party to bring joy to 400 teenage placed kids Why does the youth village need help…
Situated north of the Sea of Galilee, south of Mount Hermon and east of the Upper Galilee hills is the town of Katzrin in the Golan Heights. With a population in 2021 of 7,606, Katzrin is the largest Israeli…