Daily we are receiving requests for Aliyah Financial Aid from Jewish people in need. We are witnessing an increase of 900% over last year at this time. What a dramatic increase! Though the applicants’ funds are low, they have made up their mind to live in and defend their Jewish homeland. The Lord is stirring their hearts to return. Prophecy is being fulfilled!

Moving anytime is challenging but moving to a new country is extremely difficult and costly.

SAMPLE OF MOVING EXPENSES FOR MAKING ALIYAH (moving to Israel)

Did you know?

Every adult must travel to meet with a representative of the Jewish Agency to prove they have met the “right to

return” to Israel.  This is an added cost.

FINANCIAL AID GIVEN BY EBENEZER EMERGENCY FUND USA

• Family: $2,000
• Individual: $1,000

We are so grateful for you. Our office staff offers up thanksgiving for you and prays for your needs to be met. Together, through your prayers and gifts, we are helping Jewish people go “home.”   What a great partnership!

Please consider supporting this special summer need by helping a family or an individual, or by paying for baggage.

Thank you.  May God our Father bless you and keep you.

Debra Minotti

National Director

In the first months of 2012, the number of Jewish people coming to Ebenezer for help to make aliyah (immigrate to Israel) has significantly increased. 

We are pleased to introduce some of our new olim (immigrants) – the Lord’s treasures!

Nicole:
When I first visited Israel I instantly felt a deep connection. Before I returned to the US, my counselor said, “Come home soon.” Israel indeed had become home to me. I am in love with Israel. It has my history and the history of my ancestors. Thank you so much for your help!

Maya:
I want to move to Israel because I feel like it is my true home. It will be hard to leave my family and pursue this path on my own.  However, I know that Israel is the place for me, and I have a fierce desire for it to be my new home.

Adam & family:
I was born and raised in New York, but Israel is where I always felt like I belonged. My wife and I realize that although there are benefits to raising our children in the U.S., this is not where we belong. Thank you for your assistance. We are forever grateful for your help! 

Joshua:
I have always wanted to make Aliyah. After realizing that Israel is the place where I will grow, I found myself filling out paperwork and … I got approved! The land is where my heart is. Thank you for helping my journey and dream come true! 

Through the prayers and financial gifts of Christian supporters, Ebenezer USA is helping Jewish Americans to return to their God-given land in fulfillment of Biblical prophecy.

“‘I will bring back my exiledpeople Israel; they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them…
I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them,’ says the LORD your God.”  – Amos 9:14-15

ALIYAH – BE PART OF THE MIRACLE!!                                                                     

David & Gail

David & Gail Antrosio
Aliyah Directors, Ebenezer USA

- Jeremiah 3:14

Granddaughter of holocaust survivors

Dear Friends,

For most of us, the Holocaust is a history which involved other people, in another time, and another country.  But, for many of the Jewish people Ebenezer helps, it is the story of their own family, impacting their present life and their personal decision to make aliyah:

• I am a second generation American – three out of four of my grandparents are Holocaust survivors. – Elie, 28
• As a granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, I grew up knowing the importance of a Jewish homeland and feeling a responsibility to protect it. – Adi, 18
• My grandparents are Holocaust survivors who lost almost all their family members in Auschwitz. – Name confidential, 19
• While they were transferred to death camp, my grandfather’s mother pushed him from the train track, and his father’s last words to him were: “We are Jews, we belong in Israel. If you ever survive this war, try to get to the land of Israel.” – Alon, 18
• My grandparents are Holocaust survivors.
  

  Thank you for helping us return to the Land of our forefathers

  
  Living in Israel would be an ultimate testament to their lives and struggles. – Eric, 33

• My grandparents met in Israel after the Holocaust. They are proud that I am fulfilling my dream of moving to Israel. – Becky, 25
• My grandfather was a Holocaust survivor, whose entire family was massacred during the Holocaust. I promised him that I would make aliyah. – Gabriel, 30

God is calling us to help His Jewish people return to the Land He promised to them forever.

“See, I will beckon to the Gentiles, I will lift up my banner to the peoples; they will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.” - Isaiah 49:22

Thank you for your support!

David & Gail Antrosio, Aliyah Directors
Ebenezer Operation Exodus USA

Summer of 2012

Young Adult’s trip to Israel, July 16th – July 30th.

You are invited to join young adults  from around the world for an action packed trip to Israel.  This will be an adventure of a lifetime,  a journey of discovery of what God has to say about the Jewish people, the Land of Israel and the role of the Church.   This is our fourth year of operating these trips. The tour is designed to give a fresh perspective of Israel, different from anything you may see in the media.

For more information on how you can join Ebenezer’s young adults program, please call us at the Lancaster office, 716-681-6300, 9:00AM-5:00PM EST, Monday through Friday or visit the site by clicking here.

CLICK HERE for the full trip brochure

Engage is Ebenezer’s international young adults program and vision for the future. Through this we plan to reach out to young Christians all over the world, offering them a variety of programs and opportunities to serve the Jewish people in various ways. Our aim, over time, is to broaden the scope of the program and we plan to establish contact points in each nation through the appointment of ‘Engage’ co-coordinators who will work with, and alongside, our National Coordinators.

November, 1938 more than 1,000 synagogues were ransacked and burned throughout Germany

On the nights of Nov. 9 & 10, 1938, rampaging mobs throughout Germany freely attacked Jews in the streets, in their homes, and at their places of work and worship. At least 96 Jews were killed and hundreds more injured. More than 1,000 synagogues were ransacked and burned, and 7,500 Jewish businesses were destroyed. Cemeteries and schools were vandalized, and 30,000 Jews were arrested and sent to concentration camps.

These sickening dimensions of anti-Semitism are to be strongly condemned.  Ebenezer Operation Exodus, a Christian ministry assisting Jewish people return to Israel, stands with the Jewish community of Brooklyn and urges all citizens to stand against intolerance and anti-Semitism wherever it may manifest its vile presence and to be ready to help Jewish people.

At a time when anti-Semitism is on the rise in our country and throughout the world, the Judeo-Christian community must be awake, prepared, and engaged in the battle against all expressions of  anti-Semitic attitudes and actions. Please join us in this stand against anti-Semitism.   

Richard Mozer

Pastoral Team

A Christian ministry helping the Jewish people return to Israel

"Thank you for all of your efforts on our behalf"

Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the LORD say this … those He gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.  (Psalm 107:1-3)

We give thanks!!  In 2011, Ebenezer has assisted aliyah from the USA above and beyond our expectations, helping 186 American Jews to return to the Land that was given to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, forever. 

They give thanks!!

Steven & Susan:

We believe that Israel is the land that was given to us by G-d, and we decided that the time has come to do the right thing, and make aliyah.  The Talmud says that one “can only acquire the Land of Israel through difficulties.”  After going through the process, we understand that statement, but we decided that these difficulties should not stand in the way of doing the right thing.  Thank you for all of your efforts on our behalf.  We appreciate everything and wish you all the best.

Nathan and Monica:

We long to fulfill our dreams of living in the Holy Land of Israel and being part of the prophetic moving where our G-d will cause us to return to our land. We are very thankful for the opportunity that G-d has granted us to live in the Land and develop faith, the greatest commodity a human being can have. We truly appreciate your assistance in making our lifelong dream a reality. Thank you so much for your prayers and support!

“Zach”:
My grandparents were Holocaust survivors. When my grandfather was pushed from the train track by his mother, while they all were transferred to death camp, he remembered his father’s last words to him: “We are Jews, we belong in Israel. If you ever survive this war, try to get to the land of Israel.”  My heart and my place are in Israel.  Now that I’m 18, I decided to make aliyah, join the Israeli Defense forces and return to the land of my ancestors. Thank you for helping me accomplish my goal.

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On behalf of Ebenezer USA, we say “Thank you!” for your support which makes it possible to carry home the sons and daughters of Israel in loving arms, as God has called us to do (Isaiah 49:22).

David and Gail Antrosio
Aliyah Directors, Ebenezer USA

A Christian ministry helping the Jewish people return to Israel

Ebenezer’s office in Jerusalem provides Ethiopian families with much-needed food

These Jewish people live in Jerusalem and Haifa and when I asked the leaders of their communities which kind of food we could bless them with, they said Teff. Teff is a fine grain, about the size of poppy seed that comes in colors ranging from white and red to dark brown. It is their staple food for it grows predominantly in Ethiopia and Eritrea. With these community leaders we started to look for someone who can provide us with 20 kg bags of Teff — 10 bags each month. Praise the Lord we found someone who can import them from Ethiopia!

I was amazed that these needy olim would be satisfied with just one kind of food a month, so I asked if there was something we could give them as well. I was told that if they have Teff in their house they don’t need anything else — it was comfort enough! One 20 kg bag can provide a family of four with enough food for 6– 8 weeks. We have been able to assist some very needy families with this food as they continue to adjust to life in their true homeland which is often a struggle. One of the leaders called to tell me that there are no words to express the thanks of the families who received the blessing of this food.

The decision to make aliyah is loaded with all kinds of questions. ‘Will I fit into life in Israel?’ ‘Can I learn the language?’ For Ethiopian families one of the toughest questions is ‘What shall we have in our homes to eat?’ As they settle into a new life in Israel, having Teff to eat is a big help to them.

Shirley Lawrenson

Olim Liaison

GOD’S LOVE DRAWS THEM HOME!

Children enjoy opening their food parcel!

 “Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, “Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.” James 2:15–17

 This year we are celebrating 16 years of humanitarian aid ministry. The first consignment of aid arrived in Ukraine from the UK in February 1996. It was a great blessing as we visited Jewish communities with clothes, shoes, bedding and other needed things.  It was not easy to visit Jewish people and tell them that we Christians love them, as many would ask, ‘How do we know that you love us?’ It made a huge difference when we expressed our love in action by giving them what they were in need of.

Humanitarian Aid became a key which opened doors into many Jewish communities in Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus because many people were unemployed or pensioners and couldn’t — and still can’t —afford to buy the new things we were giving them.

There are wonderful testimonies from our Yekaterinburg and Rostov bases about how local Jewish community and charity leaders have changed their attitude towards Ebenezer since staff members visited them to offer aid for the neediest families.  They’ve been so touched by the fact that our people are always willing to visit a remote village to give a pair of winter shoes to one Jewish child.

The charity leaders also told the families we would provide aid for them and help to make aliyah!   We are greatly encouraged as we see the fruits of these projects.  Families have gone to Israel because their hearts have been opened to the message of aliyah by the aid we provided. Some didn’t know they had the right to make aliyah.

Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you for your faithful support and prayers which makes this work possible.

Vadim

A Christian ministry helping the Jewish people return to Israel

THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN!

Repeatedly we heard this and similar expressions of gratitude from Holocaust survivors:

‘Thank you that you came and that you have not forgotten us!’

Proverbs 10:12  “Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins.”

 Our two teams visiting the Kiev area from Germany said: ‘We are very deeply moved through what we saw. Up to this time we could not imagine the inhuman treatment the Holocaust survivors suffered. Yet we were surprised by the warm welcome we received from every person and group we visited – they were delighted to meet with us. Everybody we asked to forgive the guilt of our ancestors gladly did so. We were delighted to see how people received the food parcels with joy and thankful hearts.  This trip has touched our lives in a very profound way and taught us to pray more for these people.’

I went with Eberhard and Slava, leader of the humanitarian aid work in Ukraine, to the Vinnitsa area. Eberhard shares: ‘To meet these Holocaust survivors was for me a continuation of an experience I had in Israel. It is great to be able to bless and help these people.’

Even when we visited mass graves and the site of a concentration camp no bitterness or unforgiveness was shown towards us.  We know that we can’t change the past, but we can offer a sign for the present and the future by helping Jewish people return to Israel. In one city at the border with Moldova the Jewish community has erected a very interesting memorial. It shows two Christians protecting a young Jewish girl.  Are we prepared and willing to stand up today for the cause of Israel?

Johannes

National Coordinator

Germany

A Christian ministry helping the Jewish people return to Israel