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National Food Security Initiative Budget to Be Doubled
IFCJ Canada  |  January 3, 2025
Yael Eckstein says The Fellowship “will not stop until every single person in Israel who has a need for food receives the basics that they deserve.”
Elderly Leila hangs an ornament on her small Christmas tree on the kitchen counter. Wearing a blue shirt.
Project Spotlight: Food for Christmas to Needy Christians
IFCJ Canada  |  December 13, 2024
The needy in Israel aren’t just Jewish; there are also impoverished Christians who struggle every
Bishop Lanier surveying damage inside of a French synagogue, with a guide.
Project Spotlight: Importance of Aliyah
IFCJ Canada  |  November 29, 2024
Bishop Lanier and Fellowship staff visited France this year to learn more about the situation on the ground for the Jewish community.
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT: The Village Way Young Leadership Programs for At-Risk Youth
IFCJ Canada  |  November 22, 2024
Giving Tuesday is December 3—just one week away! On this day dedicated to making a difference aro
Young man, elderly lady, and two other women sit shoulder to shoulder observing the contents of a food box provided to them by IFCJ Canada
Project Spotlight: Helping Those Living in Poverty in the FSU
IFCJ Canada  |  November 1, 2024
By partnering with various organizations, IFCJ Canada helps tens of thousands of needy Jews throughout the former Soviet Union, including children, impoverished families, the disabled, and the elderly who are desperately trying to make ends meet on little to no income.
1200 flags outside of First Presbyterian Church in Washington.
Winfield First Presbyterian Church Remembers Israel
IFCJ Canada  |  October 18, 2024
Our Flags of Fellowship event invited church communities like Winfield First Presbyterian Chur
A sunset over Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area.
I Have No Other Country
IFCJ Canada  |  October 9, 2024
We have had an extremely hot summer in Israel. In the last week or so, there has been a slight drop
Yael standing outside Kiryat Soup Kitchen, surveying damage
Soup Kitchen Meal Deliveries Continue in War Zone
IFCJ Canada  |  September 19, 2024
No one is safe when rockets fall… not elderly, or families, and not even the very places meant to provide care and protection during times of crisis: like a Fellowship-supported soup kitchen.
Bishop Paul Lanier praying.
A Prayer for Israel’s Broken-Hearted
IFCJ Canada  |  September 6, 2024
Bishop Paul Lanier comes to us live with a prayer for the six hostages murdered in Gaza.
Released hostage Louis Har speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv on June 26, 2024.
‘To the Families of the Hostages, I Say Be Strong’
IFCJ Canada  |  August 23, 2024
Now free, Louis Har speaks with writers at JNS and shares his hope that all the hostages come home and that the families of those taken stay strong. Har spent 129 days in captivity by Hamas in Gaza after being kidnapped on October 7:
Food warehouse and packing food boxes for communities in the north of Israel in case of terrorist attack.
Northern Communities Launch Emergency Plan
IFCJ Canada  |  August 21, 2024
As Israel braces for a possible attack from surrounding terrorist groups, we’ve helped to provide a plan to deliver food to homes in the line of fire, especially for the weakest and most vulnerable, reports Ynet News:
150 French olim arrive in Israel on a Fellowship aliyah flight. Crowd holds a Fellowship sign saying "Welcome To Israel"
Defiant of Iranian Threat, Over 150 French Jews Make Aliyah
IFCJ Canada  |  August 9, 2024
With worries over rising and unchecked anti-Semitism across the globe, many Jewish people are choosing to make aliyah (immigrate to Israel) even amid rising tensions and threats of a direct attack from Iran.