June 20th, 2018 – To kick start the summer 2018, Helping Hand Coalition for Israel (עמותת יד לעזרה ישראל) financed the transport of 6 buses of the Holocaust survivors from various Southern cities (Ashkelon, Ofakim, Ashdod, Kiryat Gat and others) to the Eshkol village, where they attended 2 concerts with great local artists Shaul and Julia Ben-Har and two classical artists from Japan Isaac and Issako.

Music, singing and poetry make an important part of the survivors’ lives, and so the elderly enjoyed every minute of the show and were extremely grateful for the fun, refreshing event they were given in the midst of times of unrest in Southern Israel. One of them, Anatoly, said: “Thank you so much! I have no words to express my enjoyment!”