The relentless TV ads show elderly Holocaust survivors as the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews but are we ever told of the many projects going on inside Israel not related to those old people in the Ukraine?

The ads also never mention the $500,000-plus yearly salary Yael Eckstein pays herself.

"Eckstein says the organization is apolitical and gives money to needy Israelis wherever they live, and whether they are Jewish, Arab or Bedouin — something she believes all Jews should be able to get behind.

The organization runs about 450 programs across Israel — Eckstein can name most of them — and has over 5,000 volunteers. Some of the programs, once they are on their feet and have proven themselves, are turned over to the Israeli government, leaving the fellowship free to embark on new ones. Eckstein sees more partnerships in the organization’s future.

One of her father’s dreams was to build an International Center for Christian Outreach in Jerusalem to help shepherd the more than 1 million Christians who visit Israel each year, and send them home as ambassadors for Israel. Land was purchased for the center and half of the $60 million needed to build it raised. The plans for the building are almost completed as the fundraising continues.

The center will include a memorial to her father, as well as an auditorium and other areas that can be rented out to defray its costs.

Eckstein says her organization also has to educate Christian youth — her future donors — about why Israel is important. Like young Jews, they are often disassociated and assimilated. She notes that there are 150 Christian colleges and seminaries in the United States alone, and they are a good place to start. She wants the fellowship to reach them before the Boycott Israel movement.

The fellowship finished the last fiscal year in the red, down about 5 percent of its actual budget. Among the unexpected expenses was the war in Ukraine, during which the fellowship helped evacuate Jews to Israel. And donations are dropping."