For the past month, the Migdal Ohr Organization has operated the Magen Yisrael Emergency Campaign and have tended to all the needs of the southern residents who have been evacuated from their homes. We have embraced them with love and provided them with moments of happiness and joy, in this tumultuous period for them.
Especially for the hundreds of evacuated children, we held a fun day at the Magic Kass amusement park, to try to help them momentarily forget what they have experienced and what they are still going through. These children have experienced a great tragedy and have been under a lot of pressure, leaving them with trauma and a sense of insecurity.
Magic Kass Amusement Park in Maaleh Adumim was enlisted by the Rabbi for this activity and it was attended by one thousand children of various ages. For a moment, one could have thought that they were in a parallel universe. “Suddenly, I saw some moments of light in my child, who had just a few weeks earlier lived through hell and in a flash, he returned to experience age appropriate childhood experiences.”
One of the mothers added: “To see my child who continues to experience serious trauma and night terrors, exchange his fear of missiles with a fear of boarding a roller coaster was a great victory over the Nazi Hamas. The children returned with great excitement and it was a great privilege to be stopped by the Rabbi who asked us questions and took an interest, something we do not take for granted.”
Rabbi Yitzchak David Grossman: “After having experienced a terrible catastrophe and seeing the worst, we have a responsibility to help make these children happy and bring back a smile to their faces. We organized a fun day for them to bring a little light and hope to their lives. The children of the settlements of the Gaza Envelope have suffered terribly and we must all embrace them and help ease their pain”.
