Skip to main content

Light a candle of remembrance to honor the victims



Logo
Donate Now | Tell a Friend
facebook.gif
  
Twitter



JORGE L,


My heart truly breaks for the millions of Jews who suffered the unspeakable horrors of the Holocaust. But I am also deeply saddened for the thousands of survivors who now, in the twilight of their years, find themselves living in abject poverty and desperate conditions.
Tomorrow sundown, April 18, begins Yom Hashoah — Holocaust Remembrance Day. I invite you to light a candle of remembrance to honor the victims.
This day has special meaning for Jews and Christians all over the world. In Israel, all activity comes to a halt as the entire nation observes two minutes of silence. And around the world, Jews — often together with Christians — gather to memorialize the 6 million Jews murdered simply for being Jews. Among the people stopping to reflect will be a Holocaust survivor from Romania named Perla.
Perla now lives in Israel. She is 76 years old and has no family. She sleeps in homeless shelters and depends on a Fellowship-sponsored soup kitchen for her only warm meal each day.
“The Fellowship really cares for the neediest people in Israel and is the only place for me to turn to for help,” Perla says. “Thank you for being like my family during these difficult times.”
As Holocaust Remembrance Day approaches, our work takes on an added sense of urgency. Not only because of the desperate conditions so many elderly survivors like Perla are experiencing, but because the circumstances that allowed the Holocaust to occur are tragically once again taking shape before our eyes.
Today, Israel is under constant threat from her enemies. Anti-Semitism is once again on the rise around the world. There has never been a more critical time for us to stand united with the people of Israel and Jews everywhere and shout: “Never again!”
Please join with me and the thousands of Fellowship friends around the world by lighting a candle of remembrance honoring those who were murdered during the Holocaust and by praying and helping those poor survivors who still need us today.


With prayers for shalom, peace,

Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein
President


PS
If you feel as strongly as I do about the heartbreaking conditions these elderly men and women now face, then I urge you to light a candle and make a generous gift to help them today.


The Fellowship is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, non-profit organization

30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 4300, Chicago, IL 60602-3356

800-486-8844

Tell A Friend  facebook.gif  Twitter  Verisign BBB  Charity Navigator

Unsubscribe
  
Privacy Policy

© 2012 International Fellowship of Christians and Jews


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

COMMIT TO

In the face of widespread insecurity, fear, and hopelessness, our nation desperately needs your prayers. Join us in praying for our nation, that God will heal our land.
Post a Comment
Read more

Como hay alegrías, hay tristezas

Como hay alegrías por oraciones contestadas como que los papas de Santi no se tienen que ir de la casa Gloria a Dios!! Lamento de todo corazón informarles que el abuelito de Sara, falleció hoy y ella nos pide que la acompañemos en oración y pide por su familia en Colombia. Para la Gloria de Dios hay fiesta en los cielos porque su Abuelito amaba a Dios y siempre le reconoció como Salvador. Orar sin cesar!! Dando Gloria a Dios!
Post a Comment
Read more

In His Eyes

July 23, 2012 Mary Southerland Today's Truth I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be ( Psalm 139:14-15 , NIV). Friend to Friend It was my first day of teaching second grade. While standing at the classroom door, greeting parents and children, I felt a tug on my skirt. I looked down into the beautiful blue eyes of Sammy, one of my new students.  His mother, who was standing beside Sammy, looked at me and said, "I guess you've heard about Sammy.  Good luck!" As she walked away, Sammy said, "She's right. I'm dumb and mean and can't read or write."  Lisa was a tall, blonde and beautiful young woman with zero self-confidence. Lisa was...
Post a Comment
Read more