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NEWS
Helping Our Own
by Yated Ne'eman Staff
As soon as the rescue efforts ended,
the long road to recovery began for victims of the #2 bus
bombing. The tragedy hit the Bucharim neighborhood hard, as
several of the murdered came from this small section of
Jerusalem, located near Geula.
The bombing shattered many lives. Families were torn apart by
the deaths of infants and children, mothers and fathers,
grandparents, and pregnant women. Shards of glass and metal
were thrust deep inside some of the survivors, while others
lost limbs, vision, and other physical aspects that many take
for granted. All this in addition to the emotional loss and
suffering.
The victims have a long journey ahead of them. In the short
term, vital help is needed on a day-to-day level, and
volunteers from throughout Israel have come to sit by
bedsides, watch children, cook, clean and do laundry,
transport people to receive medical care or visit family
members in the hospital, and help in any way that is
needed.
With summer vacation ending soon, many volunteers of the
Bucharim Crisis Center will be returning to school or going
back to work. Who will coordinate the play center that has
opened in the Bucharim neighborhood? Who will serve the 3-
hour shifts around the clock by the bedside of the critically
wounded? Who will watch children, straighten houses, help
cook, or provide a shoulder to cry on in the coming months,
long after people have shifted their attention to other
events happening around the world?
Together, with tefillos and with tzedaka, we
can triumph over tragedy.
Donations can be given to Minhal Kehillati Bucharim (The
Community Center of Bucharim) and sent to Rechov David 10,
Jerusalem. For more information, call Mrs. C. Finkel at +972-
5-368-511 or email bucharim@matnasim.org.il.
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