Services for Holocaust Survivors in Israel
Needs & Service Providers
2018
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Quick Facts
Holocaust Survivors in Israel
• 220,000 Holocaust Survivors live in Israel
• 1/3rd of all Holocaust Survivors reside in Israel
• 40 survivors pass away each day
• Average age = 85 years
• 36% live alone
• 50% report feelings of loneliness
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Services for Holocaust Survivors in Israel
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Basic Needs
Eshel Government
Ministries
Claims
Conference
Foundations NGOs
that deal
With
Holocaust
Survivors
NGOs that
deal with
Older
Adults
HMOs
Financial
Medical
Preventative
Therapy
Housing
Maintenance
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Trauma Therapy
Eshel Government
Ministries
Claims
Conference
NGOs that deal
with Holocaust
Survivors
NGOs that
deal with Older
Adults
HMOs
Individual Psychotherapy
Second Generation
Alternative Therapy
Witness Theater
Photography with Joy
Music Therapy
Bibliotherapy
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Social
Eshel Government
Ministries
Claims
Conference
NGOs that
deal with
Holocaust
Survivors
HMOs
Café Europa/
Britannia
Excursions
Warm Homes
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Education & Preservation of Memories
Eshel Government
Ministries
Funds Museums NGOs that
deal with
Holocaust
Survivors
NGOs
that deal
with
Older
Adults
Museum
Activities
Recording
Testimonies
Inter-generational
Activities
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Legal
Eshel Government
Ministries
Foundations Aviv
NGO
NGOs that
deal with
Older Adults
HMOs
National
Information
Centers
Actualizing
Individual
Rights
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Homebound and Disabled
Eshel Government
Ministries
Foundations NGOs that
deal with
Older Adults
HMOs
Long-Term
Benefit Rights
Celeb (basket
of services)
Volunteer
Programs (Yad
l' Yad)
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Primary Challenges
• Loneliness amongst the homebound
• Data synchronization and sharing
• Poverty amongst survivors who immigrated to Israel after 1953,
but were not in concentration camps or ghettos
• Second generation trauma
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