ISRAEL

Words From Rabbi Malomet . . .

More Ways to Learn and Advocate for Israel, 11/2/23

Lekh Lekha –  A Surge in Anti-Semitism After the Massacre – A Sermon by Rabbi Eliot Malomet – Oct. 28, 2023 13 Heshvan 5784

Rabbi Malomet’s comments to Highland Park Council Meeting,  10-24-23

Rabbi Malomet’s Oct. 20 Shabbat message: Letter for Shabbat with prayers for the welfare of Israel, soldiers in the IDF, and those in captivity

Rabbi Malomet’s Oct. 13 Shabbat message: Shabbat Prayer for Israel

Show Your Support of Israel

We’ll be making more tree ribbons on Mon., Oct. 30 and Tues., Oct. 31 (during the day)! Can you help? Click here to sign-up to make ribbons and we will let you know dates and times.

Israel Solidarity Tree Ribbons will be available Thursday, October 26 – Friday, October 27 from 10 AM – 3:30 PM.  Come by and pick one up, tie it around your tree and then send us a picture so we can share it on our social media and website – #WeStandWithIsrael. (We won’t use names or addresses.)

On Shabbat, Blue Ribbons will be available at the Temple, as part of the Federation in the Heart of NJ’s “BlueRibbonsForIsrael Campaign.” Show your solidarity with Israel.

Podcasts and Webinars

• For Heaven’s Sake podcast with Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi, For Heaven’s Sake: Israel at War.

• Listen to our friend and former Mintz Scholar in Residence, Prof. Effi Shoham on how the Judicial Reform protests have been transformed, literally overnight, to the Jerusalem Civil Command Center. Resilience and Ingenuity in Crisis, Shalom Hartman Institute

• Zoom program, Oct. 28 @ 8:30 PM: Israel at War: Gaza, Northern Iranian Front, and the Rules of Law in Conflict  – with Dr. Eric Mandel

To Provide Financial Support:

Rabbi Malomet has compiled a list of organizations that are directing funds immediately to where they are needed in this moment:  

• https://afmda.org/  American Friends of Magen David Adom – First responders for terror victims.
• https://israelrescue.org/United Hatzalah  Rapid Deployment First Aid Ambucycles and Response to Trauma

• https://www.americaisraeldemocracy.org/ is directing funds to support housing for uprooted families from the south.
• Standwithus.org provides ongoing support to victims of terror and their loved ones.

Hospitals that are directly involved:

• https://www.hadassah.org/
• https://www.soroka.org/
• https://www.afsmc.org/

For news information and to follow the events from Israel go to

• TimesOfIsrael.com
• JPost.com
• Haaretz.com

For advocacy:

• AIPAC.org
• AJC.org

Some ways to have your support of Israel heard:

• Click here to send a message to the President and our Representatives in Congress.
•  Write to the Red Cross and demand that they visit the Israeli hostages who include the elderly, women, children, and infants. Reports of rape, torture, abuse and brutality are rampant. Demand that the IRC does its job!Here’s a sample letter to copy and paste; send your letter to https://www.icrc.org/en/contact.

  I am writing to you as a concerned citizen. We are demanding the IRC get involved after the inhumane massacres that have occurred in Israel. They need help immediately. We demand the IRC help the hostages- including women, children, babies, and elderly. There are rampant and verified accounts of rape, abuse, and torture and we must not stand for this as an international community. Please send Red Cross help immediately!