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Annual Tu Bi'Shevat Campaign


2024

Annual Tu Bi'Shevat Campaign

2024

There are few words to describe the past months. We’ve watched Israel pulled into a war it didn’t ask for, our families and loved ones in danger. We feel the Diaspora in shock and pain. We see antisemitism more prevalent and out-in-the-open than we’ve seen in years.

We asked ourselves – how can we support Israel and our own communities? 

The Jewish response to trauma has always been to help someone else in need. Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z’l said, “Jewish people kept hope alive, and hope kept the Jewish people alive.”  Together, we keep hope alive. We will memorialize, we will rebuild, and we will get stronger.

We have selected two special projects for our annual Tu Bi’Shevat Campaign, and we hope we can count on you to show your support for Israel, especially this year.  

Rebuilding Kibbutz Kissufim
JNFs around the world have agreed to “adopt” a community and we chose Kibbutz Kissufim, a community of 260 people next to the Gaza border, where 16 members were murdered by Hamas, three kidnapped and dozens were injured. Residents in Kissufim are experiencing loss, grief, and isolation. To support their recovery, we are rebuilding the playground and daycare centre for their children, and a youth club for their teenagers, so that once the residents return, the community’s children will have places to gather, get support and recover from the traumas they experienced. 

Be'eri Memorial Forest
Kibbutz Be’eri was another hard-hit southern community and was amongst the kibbutzim who saw the worst attacks. It has been decided to plant a Memorial Forest, within the Be'eri Forest, to honour the 1,200 lives lost on Oct 7 and in the following days.  

Would you consider a gift to this year’s campaign? As this year's needs are so great, we are asking all of our supporters to consider a gift of $1,200 - $1 in memory of each of those who were murdered on October 7th. If you support the campaign with a gift of $1,200 or more, you will receive a beautiful handmade Shabbat candle holder, created by an Israeli artisan living in the Gaza Envelope, made out of a reclaimed rocket fired at Israel. As a token of our appreciation and a powerful symbol from Darkness to Light! 


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