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Shalom Dear Friends and Supporters of the Olim
Fund of the Land of Israel,
Wow! This has been another banner month for your Fund! Praise
God for His continued increase in both our donor base and corresponding
request for assistance base. For the second month in a row, last
evening our Board was able to distribute more than $10,000 among
15 families scattered from a small outpost in Judea (also know
as the "West Bank") to the currently Kassam rocket ground
zero of Ashdod and many other places from the far north to the
far south.
My deep personal heartfelt thanks to each of you who has made
this outreach possible.
It is so interesting to note month to month trends in our outreach.
June's focus seems to have been to a large extent upon abandoned
mothers with small children who have been left to fend for themselves
in this extremely difficult environment. The economic, social,
religious, terrorist and other myriad family pressures here in
the Land have already taken a terrible toll upon many marriages
and continue to constantly threaten others. I urge you to pray
for our olim families who are struggling to survive here in the
land of their inheritance at virtually every level.
I am delighted to announce that Tamara Silverman has taken over
the volunteer position as office manager for our increasing administrative
requirements. Tamara, who comes to us from Ecuador, recently became
a member of our Board. She, her husband and six children are a
shining example of what Aliyah is all about.
Please find the details of our monthly distribution in the attached
report. As you read each of these situations that you helped to
resolve, I again urge you to pray for these dear ones as they
look ahead to the challenges of tomorrow.
Each of you can be take a bit of rightful pride in what you have
accomplished here in the Land this month.
Again, the heartfelt thanks of our Board and of each of these
dear ones whom you have so generously blessed.
With love and many blessings,
Bob Fischer
Olim Fund of
the Land of Israel
Monthly distributions
for June, 2006
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Family Size
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Location
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Monthly
Income
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Overview
of Situation Funded
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Gift
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2
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Nesher
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$566
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This recently divorced mother of a
teenager is unemployed and being supported by a marginal
government stipend. She has now missed two mortgage
payments and is threatened with foreclosure. She is
also behind in her utility payments and these services
are about to be terminated.
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$930
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3
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Haifa
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$34
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This divorced couple recently got back
together and are working to restore their marriage but
in the process he gave up his job in Eilat and in not
eligible for unemployment. He is desperately looking
for work as the family is literally begging for their
daily food. They are also facing eviction and termination
of utility services.
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$651
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2
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Nazareth Illit
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$1093
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This single mother of a teenager is
buying an apartment that is in great need of repair.
The roof has been increasingly leaking for the past
two years and has caused serious damage to her furnishings.
Her son’s bed has been completely destroyed and needs
to be replaced. She cannot afford either the roof repairs
of a replacement bed.
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$834
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3
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Karmiel
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$56
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This mother of a 7 month and an 18
month old was recently abandoned by her husband and
is now being supported by her parents. She is legally
obligated to close out the rental contract on her former
residence of face prosecution. Her parents will cover
this expense, but in doing so are unable to meet the
basic survival needs of their now greatly extended family.
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$605
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6
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Tel Aviv
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$1263
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This family is usually able to survive
on the salary of its head. However. Two months ago,
his employer was unable to meet payroll obligations
and he simply skipped paying his employees for one full
month. There is no indication when or even if this payment
will finally be made. In the meantime, this large family
is threatened with termination of their utility services
and has fallen behind one month in their rent payment.
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$581
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5
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Kiriat Motzken
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$1046
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This family is unable to meet the one
time payment of three months rent up front to renew
their rental lease because the mother jut gave birth
to their third child and had to give up her job. Maternity
leave is generally unheard of in Israel.
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$465
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2
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Ashdod
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$1093
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This late middle aged couple who reside
in Israel’s latest war zone is marginally surviving.
However, their ancient refrigerator recently quit and
they cannot afford to replace this essential appliance.
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$523
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1
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Ashdod
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$620
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This 84 year old widower has been deaf
and dumb since birth. His health recently failed and
he has needed to buy expensive medications that have
depleted most of his pension, leaving little or no money
for food and other survival needs.
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$384
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2
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Bney Aish
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nil
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The husband of this young couple was
the single source of income until he recently lost his
job and is not eligible for unemployment assistance.
She is a student at Tel Aviv University where she is
struggling to continue her preparation for a career
that will offset their current financial crisis. Their
immediate need is for food and an overdue tuition payment.
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$581
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9
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Tiberias
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$1337
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The mother of seven “stair stepped”
children has developed an extreme case of varicose veins
in both legs and requires expensive laser surgery which
is not provided by the government. She is almost totally
incapacitated and in considerable chronic pain. The
father works at a menial job and there is no money left
over to meet even a part of this urgent medical need.
Our gift represents about 30% of the requirement and
they are seeking further assistance from all other potential
sources.
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$1279
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3
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Jerusalem
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$1035
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This single mother of an eight year
old was abandoned by her former husband when she was
pregnant. Since then she has received marginal government
support but is now on the brink of having all of the
furniture in her apartment repossessed by a court order
that would have been implemented in one week. She has
also fallen behind in both her rent and utility payments.
This gift will resolve her current crisis.
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$1163
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2
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Maale Adumim
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$581
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The husband of this middle aged mother
of a teen age son abandoned his family and moved to
New York where he has joined an ultra orthodox sect.
Thus, she is in the process of moving to a much less
expensive apartment and otherwise making severe adjustments
to her former life style. This gift will help her meet
moving and other related expenses.
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$814
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3
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Maale Efriam
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$907
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This single mother of two works part
time as a house cleaner. She recently broke one of her
feet and will be unable to work for several weeks. This
gift is to help her meet survival level needs during
this period of unemployment.
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$395
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3
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Jerusalem
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$1000
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The mother in this middle age family
is chronically ill and unable to work.
Her husband is about to undergo major
surgery and will be out of work for several weeks. Thus,
they will be unable to pay the rent, utilities and meet
other survival needs. This gift is to help them through
this period of financial crisis.
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$465
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2
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Kiriat Haim
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$326
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This very new immigrant with a teenage
son has become seriously ill but needs to wait more
than six months to see a government funded specialist.
She can see a private doctor immediately but does not
have any financial resources to meet this expense. At
them moment, much of their very small government assistance
goes to pay for her expensive medications and there
is almost no money left over for food and other survival
level expenses.
This gift will fund her initial visit
with a private specialist and two months medications.
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$372
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Total monthly gifts
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$10,0042
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Copyright 2003 by Raymond Robert
Fischer
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