Todd Gilchrist editor For 23 years, the OneFamily organization has provided support, rehabilitation and rebuilding services for the victims of terror attacks, their loved ones and their communities.
Now, amid heightened conflict in the Middle East, the organization’s founders are heading to Hollywood for Variety’s Responsible Storytelling event presented by OneFamily.
Andrew Wallenstein, president and chief media analyst of Variety Intelligence Platform, will moderate a conversation with Lior Raz, creator and star of “Fauda,” at the July 25 event.
The goal, OneFamily organizers stress, is to increase support for all terror victims. “We take care of everybody if they’re killed or wounded by a terrorist,” says co-founder Marc Belzberg. “And we will take any religion … We’re a one-stop shop.” Belzberg and his wife, Chantal, who married in New York before moving to Israel 32 years ago, first conceived OneFamily in the wake of a 2001 terrorist attack that disrupted their daughter’s bat mitzvah party in Jerusalem. “After it, I said to my daughter, ‘You’re not going to have a party.
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