Project Spotlight: Passover 2026

IFCJ Canada  |  April 17, 2026

This year’s Passover was a roller coaster of uncertainty for all those living in Israel. The holiday began with Israel under fire and escalated conflict along it’s northern border. Families celebrated from safe shelters as sirens sounded intermittently—some marking the holiday without loved ones they had lost in the conflict. 

Despite these challenges, IFCJ Canada is proud to have prepared and distributed hundreds of Passover food boxes for displaced families, the elderly, and those in need. In total, IFCJ Canada supported over 9,000 individuals during the season of Pesach. This included more than 2,300 displaced and low-income families; and more than 3,000 elderly individuals, including Holocaust survivors. 

During this season of faith and deliverance, IFCJ Canada also remained committed to those in Ukraine and throughout the former Soviet Union (FSU) affected by ongoing conflict. Harsh winter conditions, combined with poverty and conflict, have created urgent needs. In response, 7,600 elderly Jews and families in the FSU received additional Passover support. 

Our President, Yael Eckstein, said, “Passover is a holiday of freedom and hope, but this year many Israeli citizens are facing economic hardship and uncertainty in the shadow of war. Fellowship Israel staff and volunteers brave danger to deliver aid, and our donors worldwide have stepped up with extraordinary generosity so families can celebrate with dignity.” 

IFCJ Canada is deeply grateful to our supporters, whose compassionate heart for Israel and her people helped make these efforts possible. 

“This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord—a lasting ordinance” (Exodus 12:14).