Amudim is Critical - Rabbi Lau

foreign [Music] foreign [Music] thank you Israel provides clinical case management Crisis Intervention and psycho-education for English speakers in Israel this includes olim people from abroad who now live in Israel this includes Gap year students people coming to study here in Israel even College Tour programs tourists and providing these people with these crucial services deals with victims of abuse domestic violence sexual abuse they deal with addictions drug addictions also sex addictions now we're seeing addictions to video games technology it could be addictions that that were caused because of abuse in their childhood or things that were brought on because of PTSD or other trauma it's often not a stand-alone case if someone comes to us with an addiction we'll often find that there was a initial cause for that addiction and it's usually a Trauma from their past emergence is filling an important need in the community there are a lot of organizations that deal with mental health and emudzim has very much focused on the underserved population of abuse victims which unfortunately is a very large population we have to put a stop to this um it's unacceptable it's intolerable and um the damage the sexual molestation does is a total Destruction of the human being it affects Generations afterwards and any education in any workshop and any Gathering which will further even just to save one person from not allowing himself or herself to be abused and protect them is worth the entire organization is doing critical life-saving work I could not say that more strongly the the work they are doing for for families and crisis for individuals offering support enabling people to rebuild their lives after trauma that they faced there's it's a critical critical and important organization that we are very very proud of our partnership with the organization is dealing with death doesn't only mean physical death emotional and spiritual death is just as is just as deathly I urge anyone and everyone if you if someone you know of someone close to you is dealing with these issues is struggling with the sorts of pain to reach out to amudum Israel we provide a safe place we make sure that you know that you're not alone in the suffering you do not need to carry the burden by yourself and there is hope and we do have the resources and the care to provide help Israel is a warm and safe place for people to reach out we care about our the people that we help when they reach out to us we we look outside the box what are the ways that we can help this person to get them to a better place it's it's a support for all the people who don't have anyone else to support them is [Music]