Israel Support Fund is unique. Those in need do not have to seek us out; we go to them. Through our network of “front-line” volunteers with Hatzolah, Zaka, members of various communities and word of mouth, we find our way to those who need us.

A friend is someone you go to when he needs you. We see that as a compelling motto. We go to them.

Although a charitable organization, ISF does not work with monolithic charity institutions because people in desperate need can not afford to deal with them.

They can’t afford the time, the energy or the emotional cost of pleading for help.

Whether we like it or not, Israel is essentially a third world country despite its technological superiority. Israel’s bureaucracy is a disgrace.

Israel Support Fund is the means by which desperate Israelis can surmount this problem. To the best of our ability, we say “yes” every time. Are we taken advantage of? The benefit of working at the grass roots level is we know with whom we are dealing. We usually search them out. Often we have to beg them to accept our help.

Needs take many shapes and forms.

When Israel’s Home Guard Command needed High Holiday prayer books (Machzor) they came to us. There was a time problem. They needed them before August 29. It was just a matter of days.

Unlike most organizations that would have had them make presentations, fill out forms, await decisions, Israel Support Fund gave the answer Israelis in need want to hear:

“Yes!”

We believe if there is a legitimate need, fill it. The details can come later.

Are prayer books a need? Maybe not to you or me but to the 150 soldiers who received them, they were a necessity. Just like the “Barbie” dolls we’re buying for impoverished kids. They may not feed their tummies but they sure feed their souls.

There’s a group of kids who know too well the sound a bullet makes flying through the air. For them we’re raising money for an armored van to take them to school.

“Yes!”
We feed the hungry.
We clothe the ragged.
We do whatever we are asked.

It began with our dedication to the heroic causes of Israel. Our founder, Yisroel Stefansky, was one of the original founders of Zaka (www.zaka.org.il) when he was only 15years old. Since then, he has attended at over 50 terror and death scenes including the first in a foreign country – Toronto after the murder of a rabbi – and in Houston, Texas on the invitation of NASA after the breakup of the space shuttle Columbia.

Stefansky is a tireless worker on behalf of Jewish causes and is a frequent speaker in the United States and Canada. He has a huge following among Jews and non-Jews, alike.

And he knows only one answer to a question of need:

“YES!”

Please say “yes” to our need. Your donations will be gratefully accepted.