A unique and historic visit took place earlier today in the home of the Gerer Rebbe in Yerushalayim when the visiting philanthropist Reb Yoel Landau paid a visit to the Rebbe’s abode. The two were joined by the Rebbe’s son, Harav Hatzadik Rav Nechemiah, shlit”a. In the course of a wide-ranging conversation, the two discussed the terrible “giyus decree” which hovers over the community in Eretz Yisroel, with yeshiva bochurim being arrested on a regular basis for their refusal to join the Israeli army.

Reb Yoel proposed the establishment of a new fund which will be devoted to coordinate efforts to fight the sanctions and the arrests of bochurim and yungeleit. The fund will provide legal assistance to them as they fight this terrible gezeirah, and the organization will work on all fronts to battle the persecutions of Charedi Jewry in Eretz Yisroel, and to ensure the endurance and the flourishing of the Torah world.

To this end, Reb Yoel pledged the astounding sum of $1,000,000 which he will be donating together with his colleagues and partners.

The Rebbe wished him great success in all his endeavors, and that the efforts he has initiated and undertaken should indeed see success.

[Press Release]