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Facing the waves and the pain: Bereaved siblings and orphans find strength and hope through surfing

Sixteen participants completed a four-month OneFamily surfing course in Ashkelon, finding a safe space to cope with loss, build confidence, and form new friendships through sport.

OneFamily Association.
Chantal Belzberg, Executive Vice Chairperson, OneFamily Fund; Gal Goren, Kibbutz Nir Oz Member; Son of October 7 Victims

OneFamily Fund helps orphaned October 7 survivors build lives beyond loss

OneFamily’s Orphans of Both Parents: Young adults who lost both parents to terror during the Second Intifada and have received OneFamily’s support for nearly 25 years now embrace and support those recently bereaved of both parents on October 7.

After October 7, 'Never Again' isn't enough - opinion

(L-R): Eli Bin, Dubi Weissenstern, Eran Zimrin, Chantal and Marc Belzberg

No. 39: Eli Bin, Dubi Weissenstern, Eran Zimrin, Chantal and Marc Belzberg: Guardians of Israel


Concert unites community with music for OneFamily victims in Ra'anana

OneFamily hosts “A Concert of Love & Hope” in Ra’anana, featuring Azi Schwartz and guest performers from around the world.

  OneFamily group photo in Cyprus.

Painting longing: Journey through loss, memory, and renewal

Tamar Aluf paints longing, turning personal loss into art that resonates with memory, emotion, and renewal.

Artist Tamar Aluf with her exhibit ‘Painting Longing’ in the Jerusalem  Theatre’s Sherover Foyer. Paintings behind her from L, clockwise: ‘Horizon  of a House,’ acrylic (2025); ‘The Fabric of Life’ (2025); ‘Longing’ (2025).

Jerusalem memorial ceremony for Bondi Beach terror victims in tandem with ceremony in Sydney

President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal joined Australians living in Israel, visiting Australians, bereaved relatives, Chabad rabbis, and senior officials for a memorial ceremony in Jerusalem.

ISRAELIS LIGHT candles the day after after two gunmen shot and killed people gathered on Australia's Bondi beach for the start of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, in Jerusalem on December 15, 2025.

A widow of October 7, 2023 finds love again

In the shadow of war, Naomi Chaimov, who was widowed after her husband was murdered on October 7, 2023, has found a new mate.

Avner and Naomi were recently engaged and hope to marry soon.

Bloomfield Science Museum hosts 400 new first graders in OneFamily special event

This year’s event brought together 400 participants at the Bloomfield Science Museum in Jerusalem, which was open only for them, for a full day of customized activities for all the bereaved.

 Children are seen at a special OneFamily event at the Bloomfield Science Museum in Jerusalem.

One Family mobilizes as war with Iran escalates

While Israeli families suffer loss and pain, OneFamily, the national organization for the care of bereaved families and the wounded, calls the public to take action.

 Moshe Saville, CEO of One Family, visiting the wounded at Wolfson Hospital

Riding the wave: OneFamily brings Israelis on a healing journey in Sri Lanka

In February, OneFamily took a group of bereaved brothers and sisters on a therapeutic trip to Sri Lanka. Their experiences intersect as they embark on a journey with the sea and with themselves.

 Israelis are seen surfing in Sri Lanka at a OneFamily healing retreat.

OneFamily program helps twins who have lost a sibling in the Israel-Hamas War

Over a dozen people in Israel have lost a twin or even a triplet in the ongoing war with Hamas. OneFamily has made a unique program to help them.

 The OneFamily twins program.

For bereaved Israelis, Remembrance Day is hard. OneFamily is standing with them

“My father was my entire world. It was through the support of OneFamily that I felt there was somebody to check on me,” says Shira Mark-Harif, whose father was killed in a terror attack.

 Pedaya Mark z”l (circled on top) and his counselor, Shilo Rochwarger z”l (circled below Pedaya) killed on October 7, taken at OneFamily Summer Camp for bereaved children.

OneFamily brings war widows to Cyprus to heal

OneFamily supports the widows and widowers from the initial time of the attack and accompanies them through the years at every stage of their journey.

  OneFamily group photo in Cyprus.