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Please donate Food Cards to IDF soldiers and their families for the Chanukah holiday! For:

IDF soldiers,

Active IDF reserves,

IDF Families,

Injured IDF soldiers

Should you wish to donate online, please click HERE

Month of "Nisim" Miracles!

The month of Kislev has arrived. Kislev, is known as the month of "Nisim" (miracles). On Kislev we celebrate Chanukah, and preparations for the holiday in Israel are in full gear.

This year, Am Yisrael is still facing alot of darkness. The aftermath of all that has transpired for the past two years will take years to heal. While our nation prepares to celebrate, there are still tens of thousands of IDF reservists on the front lines, protecting our homeland and fighting for our nation . Over 60,000 reservists were called up to serve in the most recent draft, each reservist left their family behind for months on end. Many have returned from service to households in distress: spouses emotionally drained, children struggling, businesses lost, and finances shattered.

Many came home to empty refrigerators, unable to provide even the basics after sacrificing everything for our nation.

At the same time, over 20,000 wounded soldiers are now fighting a very different war. They battle daily for recovery in rehabilitation hospitals or at home, coping with pain, trauma, and uncertainty.

It is unthinkable that those who sacrificed everything for us now struggle to afford the most basic necessity: Food!

That is exactly where we must step in!

At JAR, we are committed in our mission to ensure that the families of reservists and wounded soldiers have food, with dignity, and the ability to celebrate Chanukah with warmth and hope, rather than sadness and emptiness.

By donating Food Cards today you provide our IDF heroes and their families with so much more than food; but also A sense of stability, and A powerful message that

“You are not forgotten”

This Chanukah, you can be their miracle

Please donate Food Cards for needy families in Israel for the Chanukah holiday! For:

IDF soldiers,

Active IDF reserves,

IDF Families,

Injured IDF soldiers

Should you wish to donate online, please click HERE

or send a check by regular mail to:

Global Jewish Assistance (JAR)

1414 Carroll Street Brooklyn. NY 11213

A short video of a wounded soldier recovering from surgery receives a food card and gift for Chanukah.

Each month throughout the year, the Jewish Assistance & Relief Network (JAR) provides close to 2,000 Food Cards for needy families in Israel with a minimum value of $135 to as much as $600, and during the holidays, the numbers go up to 5,000-10,000 families with assistance of at least $135 to help with the added holiday expenses.

Highlights of the Food Card Program:

Recipients are chosen by local Ministry of Welfare offices based on specified criteria; many families work, but are struggling to make ends meet. Some lost their jobs, family sickness, economic hardships caused by the war on terror, death, etc.

Families receive pre-paid food debit cards accepted throughout Israel at any of the 400 Branches of Supersol, Blue Square National Supermarket, Machsanei HaShuk, Victory, and Yeinot Beitan chain stores, where they shop with dignity, and are able to buy foods of their choice.

Our Food Cards are pre programmed so that families can only purchase basic food and household products, and exclude any purchase of cigarettes, alcohol, clothing, cosmetics, electronics, or gourmet foods.

Food Cards are issued for six months and sometimes extended for another six months if there are extenuating circumstances, giving families time to adapt to their new economic situation and to learn how to live within their means.

Recipient families are overseen by their local welfare officers with additional oversight by the Jewish Assistance Fund, the Israeli arm of JAR.

Food Cards are programmed with different amounts based on donor specifications and recipient needs.

Cards are issued throughout the year, including during war and holidays. Recipients come from all walks of life and from all over Israel with absolutely no discrimination, and include: orphans, single parent families, holocaust survivors, the elderly, soldiers of the IDF, and special needs children, etc.

Our administrative budget in Israel is covered by the rebates we receive from the national retailers so that 100% of your donation goes directly to feed needy families. There is NO warehouse and logistical fees spent to cover packaging and distribution costs as families receive their cards in the mail and then go shop like all other citizens.