Nachum kicked off the 2024 JM in the AM Yankie Meyer Elul Chesed Campaign with Liora Tedgi of Jerusalem’s Ohr Meir & Bracha on this morning’s program. This annual campaign aims to encourage and foster an increase in chesed leading up to the High Holidays. Liora emphasized to Nachum and the listeners how there is a heightened need for Ohr Meir & Bracha’s services in light of the ongoing war and refugee challenges.

Ohr Meir & Bracha was founded in 2002 by Liora Tedgi, a mother of 10 who was injured a number of years ago in a car bomb attack in Jerusalem. Liora set up the organization to respond to the unmet, unrecognized needs of victims of terror and their families. Terror attacks destroy the lives not only of those who perish but also of those who survive. There are hundreds of victims of terror who “fall between the cracks” of the Israeli government’s aid initiatives. They do not receive help because their injuries are deemed insufficient to be recognized as medical disabilities, or because they are still in the process of being assessed for disability (which can take two or more years).