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Things you can do to make a positive difference

  1. expanding clockshttp://www.bjeny.org/287.htm 
    Send a Letter to an Israeli Soldier Diaspora Youth Identifies with the Soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces
  2. http://www.ujc.org/wjewry_home.html 
    Find Ideas on helping Israel ranging from missions to education.
  3. http://www.jecc.org 
    Introduce A mini-response curriculum from the Curriculum Resources Department of the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland (JECC) to your school in order to help teachers better respond to the varied emotions emerging from the current situation in Israel.

  4. http://www.honestreporting.com 
    Ensure that Israel receives fair media coverage. We scrutinize the media for anti-Israel bias, and then mobilize subscribers to complain directly to the news agency concerned.
  5. http://www.aipac.org/Action1.cfm 
    Send letters or e mails to the president, senators and your congressperson asking them to support Israel. You can learn more about doing this through the national American Israel Political Action Committee
  6. http://www.bjeny.org/220.htm 
    Respond to Anti-Israel media distortions. A listing of many media outlets and public officials.
  7. http://www.jewishagency.org.il/ed/index.htm 
    Learn all about Israel with your family. There are all sorts of resources, including maps of Israel, historical information, and ideas for Israel activism and learning at the Jewish Agency for Israel
  8. http://www.jafi.org.il/daily/vol.asp 
    Volunteer for Israel Now! Volunteer Opportunities: 2 – 4 week programs for ages 18 to 65. Physicians, MDA (Magen David Adom), Maintenance and Supply Services, Kibbutz Volunteers, Work with Children with Special Needs, Civil Guard Qualifications: ENTHUSIASM AND LOVE OF ISRAEL! To register please see site information.
  9. http://www.soaringwords.org/
    Help Israeli Children. Nurses, doctors and child life counselors will share the Soaringwords messages with patients and their families each day in hospitals throughout Israel.
  10. www.mia.org.il 
    Work for the release of Missing Israeli Soldiers. This comprehensive site from a private organization, The International Coalition for Missing Israeli Soldiers  (ICMIS), dedicated to the Israeli MIAs from the 1980’s until today. Includes updates, chronology, photos, vigil information, a petition and more. 
  11. http://info.jpost.com/1999/Supplements/Education/
    Study in Israel. This site contains details and information of many High School and College long and short term study programs.
  12. http://www.pledge4israel.com 
    Participate in a student initiative trying to foster a firmer bond between students in the diaspora and the state of Israel. The funds Project One Percent raises are going directly to terror victims through the Israel Emergency Solidarity Fund- One Family (Mishpacha Echad).
  13. http://www.flowers4israel.org
    Send flowers to the families of Israeli terror victims and the parents of IDF Soldiers for Shavuot. All delivered by local Israeli florists. Show them we care and attach a personalized note of support. Please send today! Sponsored by Israel Emergency Solidarity Fund - One Family
  14. http://www.beitnyjer.org.il/
    Become directly and personally involved with the people in Jerusalem through Beit New York-Jerusalem which provides the opportunity to residents of NY by offering "hands-on" volunteer opportunities to its participants.
  15. Join a Zionist Youth Movement - here is a list of movement websites covering all denominations.

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