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is a national organization with chapters throughout
the United States and Israel. We in Oregon have been a chapter for 15
years, emerging from "Oregonians for Israel" when the need
for greater action was demanded as a result of impending danger to
Israel. From its beginning it has been the Zionist organization of
Christians and Jews in Oregon totally committed to the sanctity
of the Jewish homeland with Jerusalem as its eternal capital. We
assumed responsibility for educating our community's citizens to
Israel's history and to recognizing the need to defend the
Jewish-Christian heritage our nation is built on.
As a result of our activities we were befriended by
Oregonian political leaders and gained their support for Israel, our
only democratic friend in the Mid-East. In acting on Israel's behalf
we initiated a radio program several years ago which is heard on
1330 am four times a week with interviews of local and visiting
international leaders to to share their information and insight. For
the last several years we have produced a publication "The Israel
Alert" which is distributed to libraries, churches, synagogues and
other public places. We hold monthly membership meetings at a local
synagogue, have internationally known speakers from Israel,and have
many events yearly such as this year's annual "Pastors/Rabbis
Luncheon" with major community leaders and rabbis and pastors as
speakers, and our yearly "Dance if You Love Israel" a loved
folk-dance affair. We have hosted national Zionist conferences with
attendance of representative from AFSI and other organizations from
throughout the country and Israel.
All of our efforts are aimed at
informing Oregonians of that which binds together Israel and the
United States against Islamic-Fascism, and the
terrorism that confronts us. |