Aliza is sixteen years old. At that age I was out playing and doing whatever a sixteen year old teenager does during the summer. But for Aliza it was important to do something positive, heroic and unselfish. She had been hoping to work in a summer camp but she did.

Avi served in the IDF in a bomb disposal unit. When his time in the army was over he went to work for the police bomb disposal unit here in Sderot. He got married and was the proud father of four children. One day he went to Tel Aviv to.

Estelle is a 35 year old single mom of two boys. Her marriage failed nine years ago because of her husband’s drug abuse. With her husband gone and the job market gone due to the years of terrorist Kassam rocket attacks on Sderot she was not able to find work.

Rocky is 7 years old. Four years ago he was out in the yard doing all the thing a dog does. Tseva Adom sounded and everyone ran for their bomb shelters, that is all except Rocky. As Shimon and his family counted off the fifteen seconds there was no explosion so.

In spite of the current cease fire rockets continue to fall on Israel from terrorists in the Gaza strip. When you read that a rocket landed and did no damage that is not a true and correct assessment. With every ‘Tseva Adom” alarm that sounds old emotional wounds are reopened.

It was a short month but not short on opportunities to help people. Five new babies were born to our family of people we help; two boys and three girls. We were asked by all five for help. Diapers and baby formula are not items we have normally distributed but.

Edel is a 23 year old mother of two who is single parenting. Her husband is presently serving a home incarceration sentence for Spousal Abuse at another location. In the past He has beat Edel and has threatened to kill her. Needless to say life is not going to well.

Tuesday night we celebrated the first night of Hanukah. We sang the traditional songs and ate the traditional jelly filled donuts. As we lit the first candle on the menorah all the different meanings of Hanukahs past came to mind. Was the miracle that the oil lasted eight day; was.

We met Pinkus about two years ago. Over the years we have celebrated Shabbat with them, laughed with them and recently cried with them as they laid to rest Edna’s mother. To experience Shabbat at there home is an experience I am fortunate to have had more than once. With.

The people we serve, for the most part the poor people of Sderot, the single mothers, the elderly and those who have been injured by Kassam rocket attacks. Week after week we interview people that come to us for help. There are cases where the employer has not paid their.