The Non-Profit Organization for Emotional Support of Girlfriends (Fiancées) of Fallen Soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces

Phyllis Heimowitz       Tamar Heimowitz-Richter       Rina Kahan

6 Havatzelet St.
Kiron
ISRAEL

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(972)-3-534-7860             (972)-3-534-9577           (972)-54-2666-393

“The Non-Profit Organization for Emotional Support of Girlfriends (Fiancées) of Fallen Soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces”

The Non-Profit Organization: (“Amuta” in Hebrew)

“Amuta” No:  58-032-070-3

Registered on March 30, 1998 
 

    Information Sheet
 

1. The "Amuta" was established to help girlfriends of IDF soldiers who were killed during their service to cope with the terrible tragedy that has befallen them and help them rehabilitate themselves.

1. Help to the girlfriends is given in the framework of Support Groups. The Support Groups are led by professional group leaders who are trained and experienced in the treatment of bereavement.
    

2. The "Amuta" works in full cooperation with the Bereavement Unit of the IDF and the Ministry of Defense.
    

3. Participation in a Support Group is free.
    

4. Participation in a Support Group is open to every girlfriend whose boyfriend was killed during his military service, regardless of the cause of his death.
    

5. The Support Groups are also open to boyfriends of female soldiers who were killed during their army service.
    

6. A girlfriend or boyfriend of a deceased IDF soldier who is interested in participating in a Support Group should contact the Bereavement Officer of the fallen soldier's Corps, or turn directly to the "Amuta".
   
    

Rina Kahan Phyllis Heimowitz Tamar Heimowitz-Richter

The work of the "Non-Profit Organization for Emotional Support of Girlfriends (Fiancées) of Fallen Soldiers of the IDF" is dedicated to the memory of Lt. Avi Book, who fell in Lebanon in 1997, at age 22.