Category Archives: Newsletter

…Sophia Scholl, a student who led political resistance against Hitler during the Holocaust, was murdered at the age of 21? She was a German student and anti-Nazi activist within a resistance group.  She was arrested, along with her brother Hans, … Continue reading →

Nancy Kurtz, AHI Adopt Director Dear Fellow Adopters, Adopting and writing to a Survivor is a special privilege.  In this time of isolation due to the Coronavirus, your letters are more important than ever. Survivors love receiving letters from you … Continue reading →

Have you ever heard of the Leningrad Siege? Leningrad was a city in Russia that was attacked and surrounded by the Nazi Army during WWII.  The Nazis set up a blockade not allowing food in or anyone out from September … Continue reading →

In this time of social distancing, the Holocaust Survivors need to know they are not forgotten.  We are asking for cards of encouragement to distribute to Survivors here in Israel. Will you help alleviate their extreme loneliness? Send your cards to: … Continue reading →

by Susan Heagy January 2020 marked 16 years of serving the Holocaust Survivors in Israel. In all these years we  have seen many different life events among them and weathered some difficult times.  But nothing could have prepared us for … Continue reading →

Marketplace! A group from the USA, Maasay Yahdav, came to give the Holocaust Survivors a great time! Survivors sitting for instructions, they have their shopping bags, we gave them Monopoly money and now it is time for… shopping!  With two … Continue reading →

Desperate prayer!  God hears us when we are in desperation.  Holocaust Survivors have little time left.  We need your prayers!  Will you join your voices to ours? Call 717-557-5775; email ahiprayer@ahi-il.org.  To print the Prayer Calendar for guidance. Click below: June 2019 

Habakkuk, a prophet in the time directly before the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem in 586 BC, interceded for his people.  Reading his description of the desperate times so reminds us of today! “How long, O Lord, must I call for help, … Continue reading →

…the last survivor of the uprising at Sobibor Concentration Camp has just died? Semion Rosenfeld, born in 1922 in the Ukraine, joined the Red Army in 1940 to fight the Nazis. As a Jewish soldier he was captured in 1941 … Continue reading →

Rockets raining down on homes in Israel… buildings hit and partially destroyed… Holocaust Survivors in the rubble waiting to be rescued… This is our concern and our answer to give them the help they may need. AHI in Israel and … Continue reading →