The city of Adelaide became the hub for Friends of Israel in Australia

ABOUT FOI AUSTRALIA

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to bring physical and spiritual comfort to the Jewish people while teaching about

Israel and the Messiah.

OUR HISTORY

1938 in Philadelphia USA

It was the 1930s, and the face of Europe was changing. The winds of war were blowing, and caught in the crosshairs were the Jewish people.

Filled with concern, Pastors and Christian businessmen gathered in Philadelphia. Requests for help were coming in regularly, and these believers knew they had to act. Verbal support was not enough.

The tipping point came on November 9–10, 1938. Kristallnacht. The night of the broken glass. The Nazi-led pogrom spread throughout Germany and Austria like wildfire as mobs burned down thousands of Jewish synagogues, homes, and businesses and killed hundreds of Jewish people. Adolf Hitler’s intentions became crystal clear.

1992 in Adelaide, Australia

FOI-Australia had it’s beginnings in Adelaide following a visit to Australia in 1991 by FOI International Ministries Director David Levy.

Today the mission has representatives covering almost all Australian states and territories, a growing online ministry and an office based in Adelaide.

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Black and white photograph of a group of fifteen people, mainly men in suits, in a room with a world map on the wall. Some are seated at a wooden desk with papers and a telephone, others are standing behind them.

These pastors and businessmen decided now was the time to act. They would help Jewish people who were scrambling to escape the surging Nazi threat. Many Jewish people were trying to immigrate, but the United States required they have a sponsor who could guarantee the desperate immigrants would not become financial burdens to the U.S. Government.