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UJC/FEDERATION SYSTEM UPDATE:
THE GAZA SITUATION


January 21, 2009


UJC Missions to Israel

UJC has hosted several missions to Israel this month to show participants the damaging humanitarian toll of life under fire in Southern Israel.

The Next-Gen Solidarity Mission to Israel concluded Tuesday. To read first-hand accounts, visit UJC's Voices from Sderot blog. A UJC National Young Leadership (NYL) Solidarity Mission to Israel is scheduled for Feb. 1-3. For details, contact UJC's Matt Abrams Gerber or to register, click here. 

UJC also hosted the latest in a series of America's Voices missions to Israel to report on the needs in Southern Israel and our overseas partners' work meeting those needs. This latest mission included "Lionel" from Air America's "Lionel Show" and Michael Harrison, publisher of Talkers Magazine, which covers the radio industry. Listen to Michael's podcast on the mission or read his comments and view pictures. Michael will discuss the UJC mission on  the Jim Bohannon show, carried on the Westwood One national radio network, Jan. 22, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.(EST). To learn more about America's Voices, please contact Joe Berkofsky.

UJC Israel Solidarity Drive and E-Philanthropy

Although a cease-fire has been reached, great needs remain in Southern Israel. The UJC/Federation system continues to aim to raise $10 million to help the nearly 1 million Israelis whose lives have been affected by eight years of missile strikes. Already the UJC/Federation system has raised more than $6 million toward this effort.

The Israel Solidarity Drive helps people in Southern Israel through programs run by UJC's main overseas partners: the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, the Jewish Agency for Israel, Israel Trauma Coalition and Ethiopian National Project. Some funds are also allocated for the Israel Advocacy Initiative (a partnership of UJC and JCPA), which helps communities better advocate for Israel.

UJC and the Federations of North America are supporting the Israel Solidarity Drive with an e-philanthropy effort that includes Web banners and a Google ad-word campaign. Federations may customize Web banners for their own marketing efforts. To download Web banners, click here.

Please encourage your community to donate to the Israel Solidarity Drive now. If your federation would like to create a link to the donation form, please use this URL: www.ujc.org/IsraelSolidarityDrive

UJC Israel's Comprehensive Situation Update:

Our UJC Israel Office has provided this comprehensive situation update, which includes information on the military, politics and status of social needs in Israel. This situation update will no longer be distributed daily, but on an as-needed basis.

UJC's Gaza Situation Web page:

With the announcement of the cease-fire, UJC has updated the UJC Gaza Situation Web page. Please check this page for talking points on the cease-fire, background resources, stories from the front, multimedia material, news coverage, and UJC's Voices from Sderot blog. Federations can use the blog on their Web sites and promote it with Web banners. Please contact UJC's Andy Neusner for details. 


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