Goals of The Committee
The Committee assists in subsidizing
Apart from subsidies, the Committee gives interest-free loans. In all cases, the aim is to preserve the recipients’ self-respect so that they see themselves as partners in the activity.
- to supply the spiritual and physical (educational, cultural and religious) needs of Ethiopian Jews in Safed and elsewhere.
- to encourage the social and educational advancement of Ethiopian Jews in Safed
- to intervene on behalf, as needed with local and national authorities.
The Committee assists in subsidizing
- home repairs/improvements, buying needed appliances.
- nursery, primary, secondary school fees, tuition for professional training and and modest grants to college students
- bar/bat mizvah celebrations, maintenance of the Ethiopian synagogue, expenses for gravestones and memorial ceremonies.
- dental treatments and medicines
Apart from subsidies, the Committee gives interest-free loans. In all cases, the aim is to preserve the recipients’ self-respect so that they see themselves as partners in the activity.
