01 Jul Rising Lion: Emergency Aid for Israel
Lives Shattered, Community Responds: The Rising Lion Emergency
Iranian Missiles Target Israeli Families as Global Jewish Partnership Mobilizes Urgent Relief
Lives Shattered, Community Responds: The Rising Lion Emergency
Iranian Missiles Target Israeli Families as Global Jewish Partnership Mobilizes Urgent Relief
As Iran launches direct missile attacks on Israel, countless lives have been shattered across the country. Families find themselves bereaved, homes lie in ruins, and entire communities grapple with trauma that extends far beyond physical destruction.
In these devastating circumstances, a longstanding partnership has mobilized. The Jewish Agency, together with The Jewish Federations of North America and Keren Hayesod, launched the Rising Lion Fund—a coordinated response designed to provide urgent support exactly where it’s needed most.
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Immediate Relief for Immediate Crisis
The Rising Lion Fund targets those facing the most severe hardship. The initiative delivers emergency grants of 4,000 ILS ($1,150) directly to three critical groups: families who have lost loved ones in the attacks, people injured in the attacks, and those whose homes were destroyed or made uninhabitable by the damage.
Israeli families survey the destruction left by Iranian ballistic missiles—entire communities working to rebuild from the rubble | Photo: Guy Yechiely for The Jewish Agency
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Beyond immediate financial assistance, the fund offers long-term support and resilience programs for victims and their families. The recognition that overcoming trauma is a long-term processensures that those harmed by the attacks receive comprehensive support.
A Global Response to National Crisis
The Rising Lion Fund represents something profound: a powerful expression of Jewish solidarity that transcends borders and transforms individual concern into collective action. Israel has never experienced destruction of this magnitude, and The Jewish Agency itself has issued an unprecedented call to action.
“Jewish solidarity is not a slogan — it is action, and it is expressed in mutual concern and our ability to extend a hand to anyone who has been harmed,” said Jewish Agency Chairman, Major General (Res.) Doron Almog, recognizing that this moment requires every person who understands the gravity of the hour to step forward.
Major General (Res.) Doron Almog, Jewish Agency Chairman, visits wounded victims at a medical center operating underground for safety during the Iranian attacks | Photo: Guy Yechiely for The Jewish Agency
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Your Role in This Historic Response
Recognizing the overwhelming desire of Jews and friends of Israel across North America to help, the fund’s partners have created an online donation system that makes personal connection possible.
Whether your contribution is $18 or $1,800, whether you’re giving as an individual or organizing your community, you become part of something larger than any single donation: a demonstration that Jewish families never abandon each other.
Every contribution becomes part of a global response that will be remembered as the moment when Jewish communities worldwide stood together in crisis.
Emergency assistance reaching Israeli families—the Rising Lion Fund provides immediate $1,150 grants to those who lost everything | Photo: Guy Yechiely for The Jewish Agency
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Urgent Relief, Resilience, and Hope
The Iranian attacks intended to break spirits and shatter communities. Instead, they have awakened the enduring power of Jewish solidarity and the practical expression of mutual care that has sustained the Jewish people throughout history.