Israeli ad for charity

vanity | 12./13/2011 | self

[estrogen]

Excuse my lack of knowledge on this issue, but why do I keep seeing ads for charity for Israel.

[estrogen]

It sounds like there are food lines and people are going hungry....did I miss something?

[JennysCool]

Where are the ads? TV?

[estrogen]

Continuously on Fox News

[expat1000]

There was a thread on this a few days ago. Someone explained that there are a number of beggars, but just all are the ultra-Orthodox Jews that have large families but don’t work — they spend just about all their time reading and studying religious texts.

That is an exceptional situation. Israel is quite socialist - I do not believe there is any kind of serious hunger problem there and I and others are extremely suspicious about this charity.

[JennysCool]

Hmm...Musta missed ‘em...

[MagUSNRET]

Evidently, and according to the alleged “Rabbi” doing the ads...the Jewish people are only starving just prior to Hannukah (eye roll)
I find most if not all of these alleged “charities” are corrupt to the core! If you choose to give...give to the Salvation Army AND most importantly to the “Get that Muslim Mulatto Mussolini idiot OUT of the white house” foundation ;-)

[cripplecreek]

I don’t think there are any Israelis living in real poverty. Certainly no more impoverished than people here. They do have a fair number of refugees from other places but I’m guessing they’re well cared for.

That doesn’t mean that there aren’t unscrupulous fundraisers using an issue to make money for themselves.

[estrogen]

I always give to the Salvation Army, they spend over 90% on helping others.,...I got an email the other day about what percentage each charity gives to it’s cause and the Red Cross and United Way were way down on the list......less than 45% went to the charities....the rest went to salaries and overhead.......

[kingcanuteus]

Plus United Way allocates a chunk of their donations to gay/lesbian groups.

[CrazyIvan]

I always give to the Salvation Army, they spend over 90% on helping others.,...

I posted this just a few days ago, but here goes again....
While working in a plumbing department two Salvation Army workers came in and I helped them put together a shower for their rescue mission. It was all basic and purely functional. We put two cheap enclosures together to make it wide enough that two people could hold up a derelict and get him showered. They had a very limited amount designated for this purpose. I gave them $10 of my own and have made them my #1 charity since.

[guppas]

I could be wrong, but I thought the ads were for Jews in Russia.

[Hugin]

It's called a PSA (Public Service Announcement). When stations have unsold advertising time they give it to nonprofits to show they are “good citizens” at license renewal time. At least it's better than those HSUS and ASPCA ads with the abused animals.

[Optimist]

you are correct

[Recon Dad]

There are a lot of refugee Jews in Israel from all over the world. I was in Sderot two years ago with a charity helping to handout food. In that area a lot of business have pulled out due to the rocket attacks so there's no work. The charity I was with was the Joshua Fund and they don't advertise.

[Recon Dad]

Having been there with a charity there is a real need. (not the guy on fox) It is the refugees, there's just not enough work. A lot of factories that were out in the country have closed and moved due to the rocket attacks. I was in Sderot giving out food to Russian Jews, we had 15 seconds to get to a shelter if the sirens sounded.

[cripplecreek]

It is the refugees

I know Israel takes in a large number of refugees. I know they were even taking muslim refugees from Sudan a few years back but the anti Israel media wasn't real interested in talking about it.

[RitchieAprile]

they also imported a lot of non Jews from Russia and former
Soviet Union. they run the underworld in Israel.

[cripplecreek]

They run the underworld in Israel.

Yeah I remember watching a crime show about a Russian Jew who was deported from the USA for organized crime, drug smuggling and trying to sell a nuclear sub. First he went to Canada and got into trouble there and ended up in Israel.

[estrogen]

No the ads are defintely Israeli

[JewishRighter]

I live in a town that gets many visitors, mostly from Israel, coming to collect for themselves or family members in dire straits. There is a local office that they must visit to receive a certification that their case has been checked out and verified. Each certification specifies the nature of the hardship and must be presented when a solicitation is made. I’ve met literally hundreds, if not thousands of such people over the last few years, so I can tell you there are a lot of people in extremely difficult situations financially.

I don’t know about the charity that’s under discussion in this thread, but I can tell you there’s plenty of poverty in Israel.