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The following was sent to me by Israel Kaplan:
Nursery school deals with aftermath of Kassam attack.
Israel Kaplan writes:
This evening we received a report from the new community of Nitzan that 300 families in this community will not have sufficient food for the Yom Tovim coming up.
This evening we received a report from the new community of Nitzan that 300 families in this community will not have sufficient food for the Yom Tovim coming up.
The contact name in Nitzan is Rivka Madar. Phone numbers and emails are available on request. Please email israelkaplan@yahoo.com
My commentary:
Dear List:
Nitzan is a community of displaced Gush Katif families.
Please send this info to Kupat Hair and Vaad Harabbonim. Their contact info is plastered all over Boro Park and Flatbush at this time of the year and before each of the important Jewish Holidays. They put out beautiful multi page glossy circulars (In the past the circulars ran between 14 to over 20 pages and inserted in newspapers such as the Jewish Press and Yated or Hamodia. My family in Flatbush receives at least 2 copies per circular each time either from the newspaper or from the mail). Perhaps you can tell them that if more expulsions are scheduled in Yesha, then Bnei Brak might be affected and be a target in the future just like Sederot is today. They then will definitely be overwhelmed with requests for Tzedaka. Please ask them to ask the Gedoilim that are pictured on their brochures, to speak out forcefully regarding better security for Sederot and future expulsions Their own communities may chas veshalom be targets in the future if Yesha becomes a Palestinian/Hamas State Chas Vechalila.
Of course they must believe what they write, and we are all Areivim and it should not make a difference if the poor person is from Nitzan or from Bnei Brak and since they do such a wonderful job fundraising for poor people in Israel could they please include Nitzan.
The biggest form of Tzedaka is not to allow someone to reach the poverty level. The residents of Gush Katif were all productive citizens. Since we let the gov't of Israel destroy their means of Parnassa and were Silent, then we are now carrying the load of helping them in their time of need. Sederot is now under fire. The residents of Sederot are productive. However, it's becoming quite difficult to make ends meet with Kassam rockets interfering on a regular basis. Which communities are next? Kupat Hair and Vaad Harabonim not to mention Meir Panim will be totally inundated with requests! All of our well to do and not so well to do brothers in the Diaspora will be bombarded with Tzedakah requests. It will get quite annoying.
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