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January 10, 2012
2 people found this review helpful
Having had a lot of professional contact with Jewish organizations I know IFCJ's work well. I have been to Israel several times and seen that the money they raise goes to all kinds of worthwhile projects like hospitals, food programs, battered women's shelters, programs to help Ethiopian immigrants learn Hebrew and get jobs, and the list could go on. Yes Israel has in many ways a robust economy but there are poor people there and very real economic problems, just like in the US. IFCJ does as good a job of filling those needs as any organization I'm acquainted with.
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2011
January 4, 2012
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Best place I ever donated to. The people in this chartiy are the nicest and most blessed people I know. I plan on blessing them for as long as I can not only by donateing to them but by praying for them for as long as I can. God Bless You IFCJ Terry
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December 9, 2011
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I was touched by the TV commercials about elederly Holocaust victims not being able to afford their special holiday meal. (Forgive me, I am not a Jew and don't know the term). So, a year or so ago, I donate $100 and AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK I get some sort of mailing from them trying to solicit more funds. They have spent far more in postage than they ever got from me to begin with. So, my money went to buy MEALS? Doesn't sound like it. It went to the USPS (who, in fairness, probably needs the money as well!!) Maybe I should tell the IRS that my donation was to the USPS. I have called the Fellowship and asked them to remove me from their mailing list. It didn't work, it still comes. No more money from me!!
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November 30, 2011
4 people found this review helpful
Looks at what the rabbi pays himself after he shows ads on TV of poverty stricken people in Israel! I no longer trust Charity Navigator for giving this outfit a 4-star rating in spite of the rabbi taking so much money. He is an apparently greedy scoundrel!
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utter disgust.
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Pay salaries not to exceed $100K.
October 31, 2011
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I have been a donor for a decade. I love the Jews. The wings of eagles program is excellent. Cant go wrong supporting the Jews. Jesus is Lord. His word is clear. Israel helps the ishmail tribes poor and is a peace loving country. Has one of the best military's in the world. And just wants to be treated decent by the rest of the world. The poverty and devastation in the Area there and abroad sinful. And UN holy. God is holy. I really feel for the Jews. And see us all falling into the end times. this program Rabbi Ernestine has started is good. Jesus is our hope for any good world leader. Not whats happening to the dying world and lying deception we are experiencing. And the insanity going on today. yuck. The Bible is clear Jesus is our Savior and Messiah. I'm his. so i get persecuted for it. Jesus will return some day soon. As this wars and rumors of wars pestilence and earthquakes in various places. signs in the heavens. etc. Remember in the book of Daniel. The leopard. Jesus said when you see all these things happen rejoice . when you see the fig tree start sprouting . etc. I hope for salvation to come to all men just like my Savior Jesus did when he died for us on a roman cross. It is finished. He is our Messiah. And His Father is tarrying to see how many are going to humble themselves and invite Jesus Christ his only begotton son into their harts and lives. old and new testament. both go together just fine. Jesus Christ is the living word of God. And the only one who raised people from the dead healed so many and he himself res-erected from the grave and proved his position as deity with the Father. God. Hope this helps somebody to See the Truth. Amen. k
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Prayer Requests . And Gods help.
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Give them enough to help more. But im very poor and disabled. they just seem to go together. Still fighting for ssi. and helping my mom and wife and teens and others as much as i can. k
October 7, 2011
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Being active in Christian work I have followed IFCJ for more than 10 years. I've contributed to its outreach, and I've watched the organization carefully. It is a remarkable mission; unique in its purposes; impressive in scale; effective in its tangible ministry. Perhaps most impressive is its respect and care for us as donors and its financial and program transparency. My highest recommendation.
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August 16, 2011
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In addition to raping the sick and elderly of their incomes, this non-profit collects over 80 million dollras per year. The rabbi has been condemnned by the Orthodox jewisj Community and they refuse to accept funding from them. It is extremely questionable where this large sum of money dissappears to each year.
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Wathcing them steal from the elderly and diabled.
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Shut them down.
March 9, 2011
I find this organization to be an absolute abomination for the way they prey upon the sick and the elderly for funding. I am a part time care giver for a physically and developmentally disbaled senior. They have bamboozled him out of his inheritence and have happily been receiving 70% of his income for the past ten years.
Granted, the IFCJ receives funding from many resources and it would be quite unreasonable for them to investigate each of ther donors. However, this gentleman has been calling them 3-4 times per month and there is no viable way anyone can converse with him and not detect his mental disability and still they accept his checks of over one thousand dollars each month.
I do not care what sort of work they do. To rape the sick to feed the poor is unacceptable to me and I find them to be an utter disgrace.
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Watching an elderly man lose everything his father left to him while living in a 350 sq. ft. trailer with a leaky roof .
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If I could make any changes in thsi organization, I would have them shut down and the rabbi incarcerated.
May 14, 2011
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My husband and I have supported the IFCJ for more than 10 years now. We are kept updated on the work they are doing by mail and email by our request (but not bombarded with pleas for money as so many organizations do.) They offer important help and crucial support to Jews, helping many to fulfill their dream of emigrating to Israel and helping them to transition once they arrive in their Jewish homeland. They help very poor elderly Jews in Russia and other countries where they are suffering discrimination. They also do much to help Israel both in the area of safety (e.g. building or restoring bomb shelters) and in assimilating new refugees. They hold classes, help emigrees receive job training and provide basic needs for new arrivals as well as food & goods for the very poor.
I am sorry the only other person to write a review was from a bad experience. My parents are both in their 90's and very senile. At a point, they were giving money to anyone who wrote them & asked for it, every time they wrote. So many well-known & respected charitable organizations were writing to them every week! IFCJ honored my wishes and sent all their correspondence to me, and occasionally we'd send a check from Mom & Dad along with our check. I do realize that seemingly all the major charitable organizations constantly work for donations and the vulnerable people among us will be taken in. That's why it's very important that if someone doesn't have the mental capacity to handle their own funds, a trustee or power of attorney must be named. It's inconceivable to me that a mentally handicapped man would be left in charge of his inheritance. If he's as mentally deficient as I get from your description, someone should long ago have been named to handle his medical and financial decisions.
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I gave them 5 stars!
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