By: David R. Parsons, Senior Vice President & Spokesman  

The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem has maintained a special Home for Holocaust survivors in Haifa for the past fourteen years. This home has developed into a warm, caring community for some 60 survivors currently living at the Haifa Home. The residents experienced the worst horrors of World War II in their youth, and now they are living under the constant threat of massive rocket barrages from the ruthless terror militia Hizbullah in nearby Lebanon. 

Since the atrocities of October 7, the ICEJ has taken key steps to better secure the Haifa Home residents. We have turned a storeroom into a safe room in our Emek Zeitim building. We have stored food and secured a large generator in case of a power outage. And should there be intense rocket barrages from Hizbullah, we have arranged for their protection in underground bomb shelters at an adjacent school, and also prepared for the possibility of a prolonged stay there. 

Haifa is a large port city set on a long ridge which is very exposed to rocket fire from Lebanon. Hizbullah has even mapped out the city by drone surveillance and would strike it harder than in 2006, when it took direct aim at the large Rambam Hospital. The port area has dozens of chemical storage tanks and other industrial facilities that present inviting targets for the enemy and could pose huge risks for the city’s 300,000 residents. 

The Christian Embassy wants to be ready for any scenario that the Haifa Home may face. Our volunteer team and administrative partners there on site have very close ties to local municipal and security officials. But it would help very much to have funds in reserve to meet any urgent needs that might arise. The most likely emergency is making sure that the Holocaust survivors in our Home and other shelters in the city have enough food and medicine should they need to stay in their safe rooms for an extended period. So, please consider a generous and compassionate gift to help us care for Holocaust survivors under serious threat in northern Israel.