Israel’s Carmel fire: HOW YOU CAN HELP

These organizations are working to help rehabilitate Israel’s fire-damaged Carmel region:

” title=”http://www.jnf.org/work-we-do/our-projects/security/friends-of-israel-firefighters.html” target=”_blank”>Friends of Israel Firefighters
FIF, a partner of JNF, is focused on replenishing and improving Israel’s firefighting infrastructure, which was stretched thin even before the Carmel fire. In the last few years, FIF has donated nearly 100 mini-pumper fire trucks.

” title=”http://www.jewishla.org/israelwildfires” target=”_blank”>Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles collected $200,000 for fire victims in the week after the blaze broke out. From that, $50,000 has already been distributed to the Israel Trauma Coalition and to Yemin Orde (see sidebar). Federation will continue to collect and allocate funds — 100 percent of donations goes directly to Israel — to meet the short- and long-term needs of fire victims, rehabilitate the environment and acquire resources to confront future disasters.

” title=”Orthodox Union” target=”_blank”>Israeli Leadership Council
The Israel Leadership Council, including many Israelis in Los Angeles who served in the army, have adopted as their cause taking care of the frontline heroes — the firefighters and police force. They sent care packages and handwritten letters while the fire raged, and now are focusing on helping those who lost their homes.

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The American Jewish Committee made an initial donation of $100,000 to JNF to plant a forest of 10,000 trees in memory of the 42 people who died in the fire. The AJC has also reopened its Israel Emergency Assistance Fund for humanitarian and relief efforts.