ONE Family Fund

ONE Family Fund

ONE Family Fund is an Israel based philanthropic organization that helps victims of terror through networking and monetary donations. [1]

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Foundation

The organization was founded by the Belzberg family in response to a 2001 Palestinian suicide attack on a Jerusalem pizzeria that killed 15 people.

Organisation

The group has representatives in the United States, England, Canada, Belgium and France. The organization's board of directors includes author Jonathan Kellerman, Canadian politician Irwin Cotler and three members of the Belzberg family. Among the group's donors is football (soccer) star Ronaldinho. [2]

Actions

The organization says it has distributed $12.2 million to more than 2,200 victims and families of victims since its founding.[citation needed]

What Good Fences Make funding

In 2009 American playwright Israel Horovitz wrote a new short play entitled What Strong Fences Make so "another voice needed to be heard" in response to British playwright Caryl Churchill's play Seven Jewish Children which he argues "offensive, distorted and manipulative".[3] Horovitz has offered to allow any theater that wishes to produce What Strong Fences Make free of royalties, as provided that a collection is taken up following all performances for the benefit of ONE Family Fund.[4][5] The playwright has made the entire script of the play available as a downloadable PDF [6] on the website of Theater J.

External links

References

  1. ^ Israel commemoration: From darkness to light, Lynda Kraar, 08 May 2009, New Jersey Jewish Standard http://www.jstandard.com/index.php/content/item/israel_commemoration_from_darkness_to_light/8139
  2. ^ http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3232656,00.html
  3. ^ Us, Uk Playwrights Write Separate Responses To 'seven Jewish Children', Journal of Turkish Weekly, April 20, 2009 http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/73186/-us-uk-playwrights-write-separate-responses-to-seven-jewish-children-.html
  4. ^ http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1239710729686&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
  5. ^ What to tell the children, May 7, 2009, Socialist Worker http://socialistworker.org/2009/05/07/what-to-tell-the-children
  6. ^ http://washingtondcjcc.org/center-for-arts/theater-j/on-stage/middle-east-festival/What_Strong_Fences_Make-Final-Draft.pdf


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