RELEASE
Monday, December 29, 2008
Jewish Agency provides emergency assistance to victims of rocket attacks
Emergency hotline for residents, new immigrants at absorption centers
Since the start of Israel's operation in Gaza Saturday, the Jewish Agency
has begun to aid residents of the area under attack by providing immediate
financial grants through its Victims of Terror Fund, which is underwritten
by the United Jewish Communities (US Federations) and Keren Hayesod.
As of Monday (Dec. 29), the Jewish Agency received 45 requests for
assistance and is already issuing checks to 14 families. Those eligible for
the assistance are people who have been physically injured or whose home was
badly damaged in a rocket attack. The grant, usually $1,000 per family, is
used for immediate needs such as paying for temporary housing, clothes and
other incidentals.
The Jewish Agency also set up a hotline 1800-200-183 for residents of the
area who need assistance. The hotline will serve residents interested in
being hosted by families living in the center of the country, away from the
area under fire as well as those needing to apply for Victims of Terror
funding.
The hotline will also serve the 1,200 immigrants living at five Jewish
Agency absorption centers in the area under fire. The Jewish Agency is
working to put the new immigrants in touch with relatives living abroad, and
has augmented staff and assigned additional social workers to the absorption
centers.
The Jewish Agency is supported by founding constituent partners:
Jewish Communities and Jewish federations around the world; and primary
funders:
United Jewish Communities and major Jewish Federations in North America,
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