Rebuilding the Gush Katif Communities

1. Rebuilding theGush Katif Communities November 2013, Kislev 5774

2. Help us rebuild in the NEW Gush Katif communities what was destroyed…

3. NewGush Katif Communities!

4. Permanent Communities • Nearly 1667 families lived in Gush Katif. • Approximately 1450 families remained with their community framework. • There are 22 new Gush Katif communities throughout Israel. • Nearly 720 families (almost 50%) have entered their permanent homes. • An additional 30% are in varied stages of the building process.

5. Help them Move!

6. The Community Spirit

7. Public Structures Completing Synagogues: costs in US Dollars

8. Synagogue Equipment A basic unfurnished synagogue seating two hundred: $172,857.00 Altogether our communities need 30 synagogues!

9. Youth Centers Youth Centers are important providers of safe formal and informal educational activity for youth during after-school hours. These places are a refuge for youth, allowing them to spend their free time in a positive environment. Communities without a youth center:

10. Religious World: Men The Gush Katif religious world aims to renew itself and even surpass what it was in Gush Katif. It plans to do so by helping community residents and also helping with religious outreach programs. • Yeshivas: • Netzer Ariel • Yamit Yeshiva in Ashdod • Nitzan Yeshiva • “Otzem” religious pre-military academy in Nev’e • Religious boys’ high-school in Nev’e • “ToratHaHaim” in Yad Benyamin • Small Yeshiva in Shomriah

11. Religious World: Women • The women’s Beit Midrash “Kissufim” in Nitzan helps empower religious women, showing that not only men enter the Beit Midrash. • 150 women study once a week, attracted by the excellent lecturers and friendly environment. • Total annual cost: $42,857.00

12. Thank you! Your donation is an IRS approved non-profit tax exempt entity under 501(a) of the US Internal Revenue Code. Friends of Gush Katif P.O.B. 1184 Teaneck, NJ 07666