American Jews Show Support for Israel By Volunteering During Wartime

Published on February 9, 2024

Justine Cohen, when she travels to Israel to visit relatives, usually gets a shopping list of things they’d like her to bring with her from the United States. She got a different reaction this time when she told them she and her daughter would be coming in March on a trip sponsored by the Jewish National Fund. They said her travel plan “was the best news they had heard since Oct. 7,” she told The Epoch Times. “They need to have something to look forward to as the situation in Israel is so volatile and uncertain. “When we visit Israel, they usually give us a list of items to bring from the United States. This time they just said to come.”...

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