Lifelong Care for Israel’s Victims of Terror and War

Lifelong Care for Israel’s Victims of Terror and War

Terror and war leave more than physical scars. The trauma of loss, violence, and upheaval can unravel entire families — emotionally, financially, and psychologically — often for years.

OneFamily exists to ensure they don’t face it alone.

We serve bereaved families, severely wounded civilians and soldiers, and children. Our support begins the moment tragedy strikes and continues — for months, years, even decades.

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A Personalized Model of Care

OneFamily Coordinators: The Heart of What We Do

At the core of our work is the OneFamily Coordinator — a dedicated case manager who becomes the family’s constant companion and advocate. Coordinators walk with each family member through every stage of healing, providing:

  • Emotional support and trauma navigation
  • Connections to therapists, support groups, and medical care
  • Guidance through legal processes and government bureaucracy
  • A compassionate presence at critical moments — holidays, hospital visits, memorials, and life-cycle events

Each coordinator tailors a plan that includes the exact combination of financial, emotional, and legal care needed for that family and each of its members. It’s not one-size-fits-all. It’s personal, practical, and enduring.

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Emotional and Psychological Support

Healing What Can’t Be Seen

Emotional trauma often runs deeper and lasts longer than physical injury. Our therapy programs provide survivors with tools to process, understand, and integrate their trauma — without shame or blame, and without fear of being alone.

We offer:

  • Individual, couples, and family therapy
  • Group therapy by loss type: widows/widowers, bereaved parents, bereaved siblings, orphans, wounded survivors
  • Body and mind wellness therapies such as:
    • Deep tissue massage therapy
    • Yoga, meditation, and mindfulness
    • Resilience training focused on stress management and personal strength
    • Outdoor challenges and physical adventures that translate into confidence and accomplishment in other areas of life
  • Creative and therapeutic outlets:
    • Art therapy
    • Hydrotherapy
    • Psychodrama
    • Creative writing therapy
    • Sand therapy
    • Phototherapy

Our approach is holistic: we help the entire person — not just their pain.

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Financial Assistance

Stability When It’s Needed Most

Loss often brings financial crisis: job loss, medical expenses, destroyed homes, and funerals. OneFamily provides direct financial aid to ease the burdens survivors face.

We help cover:

  • Basic monthly expenses: rent, food, utilities, clothing

  • Emergency needs

  • Milestone events: weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, first day of school, etc.

  • Technology and educational tools: such as iPads for bedridden soldiers and displaced children

Support is delivered with dignity and discretion, so no family feels like a charity case.

Youth Division

Rebuilding Childhoods Shattered by Terror

Children who lose parents or are wounded in terror attacks carry invisible pain that shapes their lives. OneFamily’s Youth Division helps children and teens rebuild confidence, find connection, and process their grief in healthy, life-changing ways.

Our youth programs include:

  • Therapeutic Camps held three times a year (Summer, Passover, Hanukkah): immersive, healing environments with trauma support, peer bonding, and fun

  • Mentorship Programs that match each child with a trained Big Brother or Big Sister for year-round connection and stability

  • Bar/Bat Mitzvah Twinning: U.S. families can sponsor and connect with bereaved children celebrating this milestone

  • Therapy and enrichment programs for ongoing emotional growth and expression

Many of the children we support remain with us through adolescence and return as mentors — helping others heal as they did.

Group Support & Healing Retreats

The Power of Belonging

One of the greatest gifts we offer is belonging — connection with others who truly understand what you’re going through. Our retreats and support groups help survivors move from isolation to healing, grief to hope.

We organize:

  • Bi-weekly support groups for every type of loss

  • Therapeutic retreats and day trips that foster resilience, peer bonding, and new memories

  • Special events such as comedy nights and dinners, often with transportation or ambulance access for the wounded

These experiences remind our members: You are not alone.

Legal & Bureaucratic Assistance

Advocating for Every Survivor’s Rights

Government benefits can help, but navigating the system is overwhelming. We guide families through the bureaucracy so they can access the support they’re entitled to.

We assist with:

  • Navigating Israel’s National Insurance and Ministry of Defense systems

  • Filing benefit claims and appeals

  • Managing long-term compensation cases

Post–October 7th Response

Emergency Expansion. Unprecedented Trauma.

The Hamas massacre on October 7, 2023, was the worst terror attack in Israel’s history. More than 1,200 were murdered. Thousands were wounded. Over 250 were taken hostage. Entire families were wiped out — or left with only one surviving member.

In the aftermath, requests for help tripled. Orphaned children are now being raised by grandparents and aunts and uncles. Widows are navigating trauma while raising their young children alone. Some survivors fear their perpetrators may one day return after the prisoners were released in the hostage swap.

We are scaling every aspect of our work to meet this need:

  • More therapists, coordinators, and mentors
  • Tripling camp capacity
  • Expanding bereavement services and financial aid across the country

This is not just a response. It is a generational investment in healing, which will take decades.

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We Serve All Israelis

OneFamily supports terror victims:

  • Soldiers and Civilians

  • Bereaved and Severely Wounded

  • Survivors of all ages, genders, religions and socioeconomic backgrounds

Support is delivered with dignity and discretion, so no family feels like a charity case.

From Crisis to Hope — For Life

Some of the families we support have been with us for over 20 years. Others joined us just this year. All of them know: we walk with them as long as they need us.

  • We don’t treat cases. We support people.

  • We don’t move on. We move forward — together.

  • This is not charity. This is family.

Many of the children we support remain with us through adolescence and return as mentors — helping others heal as they did.

Be the Hand They Can Hold

Whether you give once, give monthly, or sponsor a child or family, your support helps us reach those who’ve lost the most — and give them back a future.

Contact Us – USoffice@OneFamilyFundUS.org