Day: November 18, 2025

One Family Founder: No one should be alone, especially following October 7th

OneFamily founder Marc Belzberg tells Arutz Sheva about the organization’s growing initiatives to support more than 1000 families who have lost loved ones since the October 7th massacre. The OneFamily organization for bereaved families spoke with Arutz Sheva – Israel National News about the immensely increased challenges they have faced since the October 7th massacre. “We have […]

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One Family mobilizes as war with Iran escalates

While Israeli families suffer loss and pain, OneFamily, the national organization for the care of bereaved families and the wounded, calls the public to take action. In the midst of Operation Am KeLavi, Operation Lion Rising, and amid an increasingly tense security situation, OneFamily is stepping up its national activity to support bereaved families, the wounded, and the

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OneFamily responds to war’s toll with ‘forever support’ for terror victims

Marc and Chantal Belzberg founded OneFamily in 2001 to provide emotional and financial support for Israeli families who have become victims of terror. hen Marc Belzberg, co-founder and board chairman of OneFamily, a Jerusalem-based NGO that supports victims of terror and their families, woke up in his family’s Jerusalem apartment to the sirens that followed news of

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‘I am not alone,’ Israel Memorial Day ceremony for bereaved families

“My choice is not between being or ceasing to be, but rather making our lives better and more meaningful. That choice is in our hands,” said Tamar Ettinger, who lost her husband and her son. As Israelis began a heavy Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day, an emotional ceremony held in Jerusalem offered space for bereaved families

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It’s Yom HaZikaron. This is how Israel’s loss grows strength

Every year in Israel, we remember those lost to terrorism on Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s annual day to remember fallen members of the defense services and victims of terror. Unfortunately, since Oct. 7, those numbers have swelled. More will be at the Yom HaZikaron commemoration that OneFamily will hold on April 29.   Those attending will have

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Riding the wave: OneFamily brings Israelis on a healing journey in Sri Lanka

In February, OneFamily took a group of bereaved brothers and sisters on a therapeutic trip to Sri Lanka. Their experiences intersect as they embark on a journey with the sea and with themselves. There is a saying: “Only a surfer knows the feeling.” The feeling of navigating the sea – endless, shifting, impossible to control.

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Bereaved Israeli families celebrate a challenging Passover together

Natan Sharansky joins OneFamily at a Jerusalem hotel to support more than 100 families who lost loved ones since Oct. 7, 2023. While Jews around the world gathered around the seder table to retell the story of the Exodus from Egypt, hundreds of families in Israel could not bear to face that table with the

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Passover camp for bereaved families creates a sense of belonging

Some 350 children and teenagers, all orphans or bereaved siblings, enjoyed an annual pre-Passover camp run by the Jerusalem-based OneFamily organization. The camp was held at Givat Olga on the Mediterranean seashore and included a wide range of activities and trips across the country for youth from the second to 12th grades. The participants included

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