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I ~ • I ' The Americans The Crushing Burden In the last years, the vast majority of immigrants Since 1896, Kole! America - The American to Eretz Yisroel has been the steadily increasing Rabbi Meir Baal Haness Charity- has been stream of Americans. Among the 65,000 the lifeline of aid to Americans in our Holy American families residing there, are the needy, Land. However, as the Yomim Norayim and the elderly, the ill, Kole! and Baalei Tshuva Succos approach, our offices are flooded with Kole! families, widows and orphans. many, many more requests for holiday help than ever before. The Crisis Persons Aided By Kolel America The severe Israeli economic crisis- rampaging inflation and reduced government subsidies­ 5000 . ·:·:. has brought poverty and suffering to thousands 4000 ::> .::.: of struggling Americans. Indeed, unaccus­ 3000 tomed to searching for assistance and reluctant 2000 to accept help from strangers, they often are 1000 .... ··::.::3 :::r.J:i:J(\ I more desperate than the local needy. >'::-::>~·:/.~\()'.(/ !;:~ 1981 "82 '83 '84 '85 ~ "Open your hands widely to your American brethren -Aniyey lrcho - who deserve priority in their time of need. We proclaim it a sacred obligation upon every Jew to support Kole/ America most generously." Honorary Presidium Rabbi Moshe Feinstein Rabbi Yaacov Kamenetsky Rabbi Yaacov Ruderman Rabbi Chaim P. Scheinberg Only through the generosity of their American "Landsmen" will Kole! America be able to provide for the Yorn T ov needs of our fellow Americans in Eretz Yisroel. Open your heart and your hand to "your own", today! Your reward will be to reap the written pledge of our illustrious founder, the Rav of Jerusalem, 1 Rabbi Yehoshua Leib Diskin, ZT'L, the Brisker Rav: 25 Elul 5657 ( l 897) 1 "/will act as a Heavenly advocate for the supporters ofKolelAmerica. They ' shall surely be inscribed in the Book of Li{e." I -------------------------------------------Here is my Emergency High Holiday donation for the needy in Israel (as checked): I I D $750 D $500 D $250 D $100 D $50 D $25 D $18 D $··-··-··- I I AFamily ACouple AWidow AStudent TheElder!y AChild ChaiForLife EveryDonationHelps I l 1 0 Send Me A Kole! America Charity Pushka I 1 Name I , I O Please send me a FREE Rosh Hashanah "Food For Address I I Life" guide. I I KOLEL AMERICA· 132 Nassau Street· New York, N.Y. 10036 City____ I I Donations to Kole! America are tax deductible. State__ Zip I ~------------------------------------------~ It's Rosh Hashanah. The Days of Awe begin. 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  • Israel at 60

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