Foreword

As the populations of both the UK and Israel continue to grow, and with their ageing communities requiring increasing care and support, there is a steadily-growing reliance on voluntary welfare organisations to provide vital financial and practical support for children and youth, the disadvantaged, the sick and the elderly.

The UK’s Jewish community is often commended for the excellence of its welfare organisations but they cannot exist on praise alone and must continue to receive our unstinting support, whilst at the same time making sure that we protect our rich and diverse cultural and religious heritage.

In parallel, Israeli welfare organisations are struggling to cope with these and the additional costs of coping with the consequences of war and terrorism; funding projects for war-damaged soldiers and civilians; providing care for orphans and broken families; sponsoring emergency response vehicles, and helping with reconstruction and rehabilitation. The majority of charities are funded entirely by voluntary donations and bequests.

Please demonstrate your support for them all by making a donation today - or by naming specifically Jewish charities in your Will. It is not only our duty, it is our privilege.

Editors: Sharon Graham and Alan Gold Please

note: The editors accept no responsibility for any information given to them by individual charities about their work or charitable status, which is accepted in good faith, as are the opinions voiced by the authors of the extended editorials featured at the front of the Guide.