The homes of Ronit Kabesa and Pinchas Amar were severely damaged by Kassam rockets. Both low-income families are trying to deal with the emotional trauma of the attack, and their skyrocketing financial burdens. The Jewish Agency is stepping in to give immediate assistance to victims of Kassam attacks in Sderot through its Fund for Victims of Terror. Read more

They were a small group of young activists who literally changed the world. Forty years ago, after the Six Day War ended, a handful of Soviet Jews felt a swelling of pride in their Jewish heritage and wanted to immigrate to Israel. The Soviet authorities answered with a resounding "no". Thus began the Soviet Jewish Struggle for Freedom that would resonate throughout the world, and help bring about the fall of the Soviet Union. Read more

More than 60,000 vulnerable children in 35 local municipalities throughout Israel's beleaguered North and South still enjoy exhilarating afternoon enrichment activities as a result of the United Jewish Communities' Israel Emergency Campaign (IEC). Read more