Heroes Fell.
Heroines Rise.
KUMA supports the widows of fallen IDF heroes of the Iron Swords War
With compassionate guidance and financial support, Sulamot’s KUMA Project helps these widows rise again — braver, supported, and empowered to rebuild their lives with dignity and hope.
About Sulamot
Founded by Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon, Sulamot is an award-winning Israeli nonprofit with a proven track record in large-scale Jewish education programs and crisis-response social welfare.
Alongside its global educational and Jewish community initiatives, Sulamot has—since October 7, 2023—rapidly mobilized to support IDF soldiers, displaced southern communities, and, most urgently, the widows and orphans of Israel’s fallen heroes through its KUMA program
Since October 7th, 2023, the Iron Swords War has created an unprecedented crisis — leaving over 320 widows of IDF soldiers and security personnel in a single war, the largest such loss in Israel’s history.
These women sent their husbands to defend the Jewish People and the State of Israel in one of its darkest hour.
Their families have made the ultimate sacrifice.
Now, many of these widows are raising young children alone, while facing profound grief, sudden financial strain, and endless bureaucratic hurdles. Beyond the numbers, they carry the daily struggle of rebuilding life — with the constant worry of how to make it through tomorrow, let alone the years ahead.
Sudden loss of household income
Increased family expenses
Complex bureaucratic hurdles
Reduced ability to work while caring for their families
KUMA was created by Sulamot
out of a deep sense of responsibility –
and out of crucial necessity.
KUMA provides flexible, responsive, and personalized support—delivered quickly, with compassion, and free of red tape.
Our model combines direct financial aid with expert navigation of government and nonprofit entitlements — lifting burdens, offering hope, and helping these heroines rise.
Their loss is our loss, and they should not bear the grief alone.
Monthly financial assistance
Emergency grants
Expert benefits navigation
Tailored support plans
Financial counseling & planning
The Hearts Behind Kuma
Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon
President Sulamot
Rabbi Eli Taragin
CEO Sulamot
Shlomit Peretz
Program Director, IDF widow
Shlomit Kalmanzon
Strategic Advisor, Iron Swords War widow
Rav Ilan Mazer
CEO Mizrachi Canada
Jonathon Eltes
Project Co-founder
Miriam Peretz
Israel Prize Laureate
Joseph Gitler
Founder and Chairman of Leket Israel
Hon. Judge Elyakim Rubinstein
Former Israeli Supreme Court Judge
Rivky Green
PhD clinical psychologist, Mizrachi Canada executive
Joel Mael
MBA, Private Investor
Support our sisters who made the ultimate sacrifice for Am Yisrael.
Join us in support of these heroines and their children.
Kuma is supported by generous partners:
- Contact Us:
- 02-5474542
- office@sulamot.org
