July 27, 2006
SWC Humanitarian Mission At The Frontline Israeli Communities
Center Officials to Bring Aid and Messages of Solidarity to Beleaguered Israeli Civilians in
Haifa, Nahariyah, Sderot, Safed and Kiryat Shemona.
A Simon Wiesenthal Center leadership mission is in Israel to distribute badly needed funds to Israeli citizens and to meet with top government officials including the Mayors of Haifa, Kiryat Shemona and Sderot, towns on the two borders that have borne the brunt of the more than 2000 Katyushas and Kassams rocket attacks fired by Hezbollah and Hamas.
“This is the first time in Israel’s history that the civilian population centers have been exposed to such sustained deadly rocket attacks. We are going to stand shoulder to shoulder with our brothers and sisters in their fight against terror and to help ease the pain of the many who have suffered,” said Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of the Wiesenthal Center.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has also donated hundreds of
t-shirts for the
delegation to give out to hospitals, rehabilitation centers, shelters and summer camps. (See inset photo by Sasson Tiram). In addition, the delegation is scheduled to visit two Israeli-Arab communities who have also suffered casualties and damage from Hezbollah attacks.
Along with Rabbi Hier, the Wiesenthal Center delegation will be led by Rabbis Abraham Cooper and Meyer H. May associate dean and executive director (respectively) and will include Center trustees and Los Angeles City Councilman Jack Weiss.
Center officials are available for comment before, during and after the mission. To schedule and interview or for more information, please contact the Center's Public Relations Department, 310-553-9036.
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