Once again, Israel is under attack. This time it’s unrelenting rockets…more than 150 rockets have already been fired into Israel from Gaza. Some have reached as far as Tel Aviv. Schools are closed, people are staying close to bomb shelters.

 

This is a time when we Jews must stand up, as we have so many times in the past, for Israel. We here in Rockland County’s Jewish community have a concern not just for everyone in Israel, that they stay safe today and in succeeding days, but specifically we have a concern for our friends at K’far Silver. This boarding school serves disadvantaged, multicultural students as well as adolescents who come from countries around the world to make Aliyah alone. K’far Silver lies just miles from the Gaza border. If a rocket is fired at K’far Silver, it would take just seconds from launch to explosion…on the grounds…or a direct hit on the dormitories.

We don’t know what’s going to happen an hour from now, let alone tomorrow. We do know we in Rockland have stepped up to help Israel when help is needed in the past. If you would like to show that this is one of those times and you want to step up again, please let us know by donating here. The donation you make in support of Israel today will go to fund programs and services in Israel…like K’far Silver…or the Israel Trauma Coalition.

Let us show we stand with Israel!

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