Rabbi Eckstein Named One of 50 Most Influential Jews

The Jerusalem Post has released its annual list of the world’s most influential Jewish people, and once again Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein has landed in the top 50. Benjamin Glatt reports that Rabbi Eckstein’s tireless work to help Israel and Jewish communities around the world, as well as his bridge building between Christians and Jews, has placed him at number 23 on this year’s list:

The social assistance Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein and the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews provide can be seen in all sectors of Israeli society and in Jewish communities around the world.

Since founding the organization in 1983, Eckstein has raised more than $1.3 billion, and currently raises more than $140 million a year, to assist Israel’s people.

Come time for the holidays, The Fellowship ensures that everyone has a proper, festive experience, by assisting food banks with the holiday congestion and handing out food to the needy.

Beginning in 2014, the IFCJ began direct aliyah flights from war-torn eastern Ukraine, later expanding its Israel immigration and absorption program to help Jews in France.”

“Seeing the half of the glass that is not filled and feeling the pain of those people who are enduring that, and knowing that if I really push myself, and if we do better work, then we can address that and help them – that’s what keeps me going,” Eckstein says…

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