The OneFamily Fund is the central organization providing comprehensive assistance to victims of terrorism in Israel. Among the assistance we provide is financial help to pay for the costs of a Bar/Bat Mitzvah celebration for a child harmed by terrorism. Bar/Bat Mitzvah celebration for a child harmed by terrorism. Often, we will arrange and host the celebration at our Jerusalem Center. But we can't do it without the support and involvement of other Bar or Bat Mitzvah kids around the world. We need your help!
OneFamily was founded in 2001 by Marc and Chantal Belzberg of Jerusalem after their daughter, Michal opted to donate the money spent on her Bat Mitzvah party to benefit those harmed by terror attacks in Israel. OneFamily has since grown to become the pre-eminent not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing short term and long term, personalized assistance to injured and bereaved men, women and children in Israel.
Our commitment to rebuilding the shattered lives of Israel's terror victims means that we allocate more than $4 million a year to provide a full and continuous complement of programs and services that are free for terror victims. We provide direct financial help to meet each family's special needs, as often the breadwinners of the families are not able to work. OneFamily also facilitates personal connection with supporters around the world who are eager to connect personally with the victims and provided them assistance.
OneFamily ensures that Israel's terror victims receive support immediately following an attack. We also ensure that the support or aid continues for as long as needed. Our programs are designed to assist victims and their families financially, emotionally and socially.
OneFamily provides direct financial, legal, and emotional assistance to victims of terrorism in Israel.
OneFamily is Israel's central address providing personalized care and support to all victims of the recent terrorism in Israel.
OneFamily is the family member every victim wishes they had: listening to their problems with a sensitive ear; giving because we want to, based upon need, not institutionalized criteria; and maintaining ongoing, unconditional one-on-one contact.
OneFamily forges a sense of family among all the survivors: helping each other, learning from each other, and drawing strength from each other.
OneFamily provides the family network for world Jewry to express and actuate their natural sense of brotherhood by facilitating direct contact, relationships, and interaction between survivors and world Jewry as individuals, communities, and organizations.
Name of Organization:OneFamily Fund
Number of Paid Staff:3 Full-time
Number of Volunteers:25 +
Total Organizational Expenses:$1,915,448
% of Organizational Overhead Expenses:0%
OneFamily prides itself on the highly personalized financial, legal, and emotional support that we provide to thousands of victims on a daily basis. We recognize that no two families' needs are the same. Funded entirely by private contributions, a small staff aided by dedicated volunteers, most of whom have been victims of terror themselves, provide individual attention, direct aid and therapeutic programming to help rebuild shattered lives.
The OneFamily Fund's Bar and Bat Mitzvah Twinning program has proven to be very meaningful for both the American child as well as the Israeli.
"Meeting Amit and his family puts my own problems into perspective," one boy said after meeting his "twin" in Jerusalem. "After hearing about how he lost his father, and how his grandfather's home was destroyed, I realize that my own problems are not that serious. I'm glad I was able to help him, and it was great meeting him."
Sarah Heft of Montreal, who has maintained email contact with her "twin" recently wrote the following note to OneFamily:
Everyday I look in my mother's mailbox, very eager and excited to see if Eden mailed me. When she does, and after I read the letter, I answer her immediately. Then I print her letter and put it in a special binder with all her letters to me.
Having a twin in Israel is really cool. You meet someone new and learn how different and similar their customs are with your own. In each letter Eden and I send to each other, we tell each other what we like to do in our free time, what we want to be when we grow up, how we would love to see each other on our special day and one day in the future, how we celebrate the Jewish holidays and I think if more kids joined this organization it would MAGNIFICENT! In North America we hear about people getting killed and or hurt but we don't know what it's like because it is so far away from here and we are not living in the middle of a war.When Eden told me what happened to her sister, it got more personal and I learned first hand what she felt. I really believe that it is important for more kids to get involved in the OneFamily Twinning program. It would show the people in Israel that people in other places really do care. It would also teach kids how a whole family is affected by one terrorist attack.
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For a commitment of $1800, you can twin with a Bar or Bat Mitzvah kid in Israel. You will receive a profile of the boy or girl you twin with, and addresses, phone numbers and email addresses will be exchanged. We encourage the "twins" and their families to remain in touch, and when your family visits Israel, we arrange for you to meet with the family of your twin.
Name:Michelle Napell
Title:Events and Special Projects Coordinator
Address:PO Box 822732
Telephone:(646) 289-8601
Email:Michelle@onefamilyfund.org
Website:www.onefamilyfund.org