The Jewish National Fund-USA is actively working with communities in the south that have been devastated by recent attacks, ensuring that immediate needs are addressed and future requirements are met. We have partnered with these southern communities for decades, giving us a deep understanding of their needs. We will be there to support them as they begin to rebuild their lives. Therefore, I am supporting JNF-USA's $10 million Israel Resilience Campaign to help fund these essential needs:
• Providing firefighting and protective equipment for civil defense – the first responders to community emergencies -- including radios, bulletproof vests, helmets, and tactical clothing.
• Providing high-quality psychological treatment for civilians, including children, who have experienced this catastrophe firsthand.
• Providing respite activities for the children traumatized by terror.
• Going from home to home in the cities of Sderot, Ofakim, and Arad to help the elderly, the infirmed, and the needy with food and medicine.
• Rebuild communities devastated by the October 7th attacks and keep the spirits and hopes of the people who live there strong.

We are closely supporting ten communities along the Gaza Envelope, focusing particularly on those hardest hit, such as Sderot, Kissufim, and others. One of these communities, Kibbutz Reim, was the site of the Nova Music Festival, where 3,000 young people gathered to celebrate peace and music.

Israelis are feeling like this is their 9/11 – yet proportionally at a per-capita scale 6x the magnitude. This attack has decimated many communities, but it will never destroy our spirit. We stand together, as one Jewish community, ready to help Israelis in this difficult time.

Am Yisrael Chai.