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EMUNAH ISRAEL

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EMUNAH ISRAEL

Organizational Overview

EMUNAH was started over 80 years ago by a group of religious Zionist women to provide emergency shelter and housing for orphans and refugee children escaping persecution and growing anti-Semitism in Europe and Arab countries. Today, EMUNAH (which means Faith in Hebrew) is one of Israel’s leading social service and humanitarian aid organizations, helping hundreds of thousands of Israel’s most disadvantaged and at-risk children and families build healthy, stable lives.

EMUNAH maintains five Residential Homes for children who have been removed from their families by court order due to physical, mental and/or sexual abuse, major familial dysfunction, the illness and/or death of a parent(s). These facilities offer a safe and loving home to more than 800 children ranging in age from 6-18, all suffering from various emotional and mental challenges including PTSD. Each child is given extensive support services including counseling and therapy to help break the cycle of dysfunction and trauma they have experienced.

EMUNAH supports 11 Family Therapy and Emergency Crisis Counseling Centers serving individuals and families undergoing emotional and mental distress.

EMUNAH maintains one of Israel’s largest networks of subsidized child care centers, with over 8,000 children attending 125 centers.

EMUNAH finances 11 specialized “multi-purpose” Day Care Centers. These Centers provide extended services, including family counseling, parenting workshops and specialized enrichment programs for at-risk children from economically disadvantaged single parent homes.

Aware of the need for quality religious and secular education, EMUNAH subsidizes four all-female high schools and a liberal arts college. These schools offer academic tracts in: science, biomedical engineering, computers, film, drama, music, and Judaic religious studies. More than 1,100 students attend, many from poverty-stricken, immigrant and refugee homes.

EMUNAH also maintains a senior-friendly eating together program providing social engagement and meals for Holocaust survivors and the elderly.

EMUNAH has been awarded the Israel Prize by the government in recognition of its “Lifetime achievement, contribution and impact on behalf of the Nation of Israel and its people.”

PROGRAMS

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CHILDREN IN 125 DAYCARE CENTERS

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CHILDREN IN 5 CHILDREN'S HOMES

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FAMILIES USING 11 CRISIS CENTERS

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STUDENTS IN 4 HIGH SCHOOLS

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STUDENTS IN EMUNAH COLLEGE

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Residential Homes

EMUNAH Day Care Centers
and Family Intervention Centers

EMUNAH FAMILY COUNSELING
AND THERAPY CENTERS

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HIGH SCHOOLS

EMUNAH APPLEMAN COLLEGE
OF ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY

EMUNAH CRISIS CENTERS
AND WOMEN’S REFUGE

NEWS & EVENTS

EMUNAH Graduates Make Us Proud!

About 90% of EMUNAH Israel graduates go on to serve in the IDF (Israel Defense Forces). This milestone is a critical point in a young person’s life in Israel, especially those who have suffered abuse and abandonment and were placed in an EMUNAH Residential Home by court order. Despite such trauma and emotional hardship at an early age, these EMUNAH graduates have healed and recovered from their difficult youth to be accepted into the IDF, many of them going beyond

The Trauma After Terror: EMUNAH Israel’s Response to October 7

Sixteen months after October 7th, Israel continues to grapple with deep psychological wounds that touch every corner of society. EMUNAH Israel stands at the forefront of the healing response, drawing on nine decades of experience since its founding – with President Herzog’s grandmother among its visionary founders – as one of the country’s oldest and most established social service humanitarian aid organization. Now serving 10,000 children and families daily across 160 projects throughout Israel, the organization faces perhaps its greatest

World EMUNAH in New York

As the global umbrella for EMUNAH affiliates, World EMUNAH is always striving to connect with our partners and tell EMUNAH’s story to the world. Last week, we had the opportunity to do just that as Tema Klausner, president of World EMUNAH and Meira Lerner, director of World EMUNAH, travelled to New York for a series of meetings and conferences all aimed at strengthening EMUNAH’s presence and connections between EMUNAH members in America and Israel. Meira had the opportunity to march

A BETTER FUTURE

Though he was 12 years old at the time he came to live in an EMUNAH Children’s Home six years ago, David could not read or write. After much hard work and support, David has just graduated from high school with full credits and honors! Now, with great pride and joy he will be entering a pre-army preparatory program before joining the IDF later this year. “I was afraid that everyone would think I was stupid when I first came

TESTIMONIALS

I am so pleased to greet you today, both as the President of the State of Israel and more importantly, as a loving grandson of the founding president of this distinguished organization, my beloved grandmother Rabbanit Sarah Herzog.
World Emunah, the International Organization of Religious Zionist Women, represents three fundamental values deeply rooted in my upbringing which motivated me and my world view from childhood: Profound religious faith, devoted love of Israel and, the unqualified admiration of the power of women… Your crucial operations are increasing resilience across the entire State of Israel and by extension, throughout the Jewish people. Thank you for the lives you have changed and for all you continue to do. And may EMUNAH go from strength to strength. B’Hatzlacha (Good luck!)

"The Hebrew word Emunah means faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, not walking away even when the going gets tough, trusting the other and honoring the other's trust in us. That is what Emunah provides, each and every day, for thousands of disadvantaged children and families across Israel through its network of residential homes, high schools, day care centers and therapy and counselling centers. In doing so, Emunah provides these children with the foundations upon which they can build their lives, knowing that whatever challenges they might face, they will not do so alone. It is helping to create bonds of community where none previously existed. It is being there for Israel's most vulnerable at times when they need it most."

"Working with Emunah is a great way of empowering young Israelis to fulfill their full potential in life, giving the underprivileged equal footing with the rest of society."

"Having been a ward of the State of Tennessee as a teenager, I well understand how important it is to have a safety net of deep resources available for children, young people and families in these types of circumstances. I was very broken from the horrible things I had been exposed to. As long as I did not have adults loving me and supporting me right where I was I couldn’t even imagine that I had any other path than the broken one. And, that is exactly what Emunah Israel is doing - healing hearts and providing a safety net for Israeli's in need... I whole-heartedly support them and their activities knowing firsthand how life changing they are."

"Emunah Israel has been doing great work with the disadvantaged children of Israel for many decades. Not only are they respected widely in Israel, they have received past grants from major philanthropic organizations such as the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ). Yet, not content to just retrace the well-worn paths of others, I am impressed by their new and innovative Challah Bake project, that has found a unique way to bringing Christians and Jews together for an event that is not just meaningful, but truly fun! Bravo!"

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"And I will Bless them that Bless you...And in you, shall all the families of the earth be Blessed"

Genesis 12:3

$15 – Weekly supplement meal program in Day Care Centers
$35 – New pair of shoes for one child
$55 – After school activities for one month (art/dance/martial arts)
$100 – Shabbat & Holiday food basket for low-income family
$150 – Weekly tutoring for students in need
$250 – Monthly parent/child weekend activity and therapy session

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