Our actions · Illness
When illness strikes, Keren Esther is here to help.
When illness brings financial hardship, we lighten the family’s burden.
A serious diagnosis turns a whole family’s life upside down. On top of treatment come the trips, the nights at the hospital, the lost income, the children who need looking after. We act quickly and discreetly, so that parents can focus on what matters most: getting better and staying close to their loved ones.
How we help
- Help with the medical costs the family has to pay themselves
- Help with daily expenses when income stops
- Support for travel and stays near the hospital, sometimes abroad
- A listening ear, with the utmost discretion
Keren Esther has acted and continues to act for many families.
- Accounts audited every yearFor transparent management of every euro.
- Tax receipt issued immediatelyBy email, for French taxpayers, and always available in your donor area.
- 66% tax reduction in FranceFrench taxpayers deduct 66% of their gift from their income tax, up to 20% of taxable income.
My gift in the face of illness
Lighten a family’s burden during treatment.
Testimonies
They went through illness
Here are a few testimonies that we can share, among many other actions taken for those in need.
6-year-old child with a serious cancer
There is a little 6-year-old Shlucha girl who has been diagnosed with a serious cancer (God forbid) and needs a great miracle. Literally.
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As you can imagine, the family is completely devastated. Please pray for Hanna bat Mouchka: they need our help. Please help us help them in these times of great distress and need.
Father of 6 children diagnosed with cancer
“I will briefly describe my situation. Around Chanukah 2012, I was diagnosed with colon cancer. They operated immediately and removed the tumor. Some time later, I was told the affected area was infected as well, and there was great concern that the disease would progress, God forbid.
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After a series of tests at Tel Hashomer Hospital in Israel, a minor surgery was decided. Shortly before it, an ink injection meant to mark the site triggered a very rare infection in my intestine, requiring a long hospitalization just before Pesach. After Pesach, the intestine had closed, with a strong risk of total obstruction.
On the advice of Mr. Firer and his team, we went to Florida, to the Cleveland Clinic, where a world-renowned surgeon specializes in this exact field. Tests showed the tumor had progressed (stage 2, T3). Chemotherapy and radiation were decided, along with a stent in the intestine. During treatment, a serious esophagitis infection put me back in hospital for over a week.
The surgery, performed by Professor Wexner, lasted over six hours. According to the pathology, everything is now clean, thank God, but severe complications still require daily treatment, and another surgery is planned to restore bowel function. We hope to return to Israel in three or four months.
In the meantime, the costs are very, very high: six of our children are in Israel, staying with families, and three are with us. We live in two places at once, without any salary for months. Health insurance alone costs $2,100 a month, for at least another year.
I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the help you have already sent and for continuing to assist us, hoping for good and happy news.”
Appeal for 2 young Shluchim
Please say Tehillim for a fellow Shliach from Temecula, California, who was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) eight months ago; there is no known cure. Thanks to the immense generosity of his fellow Shluchim, he is undergoing a final phase of revolutionary stem cell treatment at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. Please pray for Yitzhak ben Bracha, father of seven, so that he can quickly return to full health and to his Shlichut.
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A second Shliach, Shalom Ber ben Luba, is undergoing surgery today for the cancer he has been battling for several months; it will last between four and six hours. Please pray for him and for all the Shluchim who need a speedy recovery. Please say Psalms 20 and 42.
Please contribute to their ongoing personal and medical expenses. Thank you.