EFRAT assists thousands of women who choose to
continue their pregnancy with monthly financial stipends
and basic baby equipment such as cribs, strollers,
baby baths and layettes.
EFRAT maintains several hostels to provide unmarried
young women with a warm, caring environment, faraway
from the tension of social pressure.
EFRAT’s 2,900 trained volunteers are constantly
available to provide women facing an unwanted pregnancy
with one-on-one counseling and emotional support backed
by EFRAT’s assurance of physical assistance.
Since 1977, EFRAT has saved over 20,000 children. Through
a combination of education and economic assistance,
EFRAT has helped establish a new generation of Jewish
families.
(Note from Rabbi Nir Salomon) Miriam
was Aaron and Moses’ sister. A courageous woman
who attained the supreme spiritual level of prophecy,
Miriam was granted an additional name, Efrat, which
has the same root as pru v’revu -
to populate the world - in recognition of her heroic
measures in saving Jewish children from annihilation.
Pharaoh decreed that all male Jewish infants were
to be drowned and declared the death penalty to anyone
evading his orders. Miriam personally intervened,
endangering her own life to save Jewish children
from certain death. In addition, she provided the
children’s families
with all their needs. As a result of her bravery,
the Jews continued to multiply and the Jewish nation
survived.
We at EFRAT aspire to emulate Efrat’s
accomplishments and save the lives of unborn Jewish
children. We could not think of a more fitting way
to honor Miriam-Efrat’s
bravery than through naming our organization in her
memory.
Note: The Director of EFRAT is Rabbi
Nir Salomon, an Orthodox Rabbi from Israel. We
met him at the Azusa Street Centennial in California
in April, 2006. Rabbi Salomon is a very humble
man of G-d who is comforting women who are facing
major decisions. His work brings life to Israel!
NOTE: The Native American Lacota Tribe
of South Dakota uses the phrase, “Wakan
Yeja” (sacred being) to describe a child. |
VOTI stands for Victory Over Terrorism in Israel
by helping the Victims Of Terrorism in Israel. Funds
donated to the VOTI Project go directly to the
burn & trauma units of the Hadassah Hospital
in Ein Kerim (a suburb of Jerusalem). This
is the hospital and these are the units that receive
the bulk of the victims when terrorists hit Jerusalem
and the surrounding areas. Hadassah Hospital
has found it necessary to expand its burn & trauma
unit section because of the increasing number victims
of terrorist acts. 
