By Emily Jones - April 6, 2020
JERUSALEM, Israel – The coronavirus outbreak in Israel is bringing Christians and Jews together to help those suffering the most.
The Genesis 123 Foundation, a US-based nonprofit dedicated to building bridges between Christians and Jews, is working with Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, to help distribute food and other supplies to families in Jerusalem.
“Israel took the correct but unprecedented measure of closing down schools and classes including for at-risk and special needs children. This is causing incredible hardship for some 6000 families in Jerusalem who have children in these schools, and whose families normally have the respite of a structured educational framework. Adding to the challenges of taking care of special needs children all day with no outside support, about a third of these families, 2000 households, suffer from severe economic hardship,” Hassan-Nahoum said in a statement.
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