From time to time emergency situations arise which require immediate action, and cannot await the annual Allocations Committee Meeting. A limited amount of funds will be set aside each year to respond to these needs. Decisions as to the utilization of these funds will be made by the President of USY, the SATO Vice-President and SATO Committee Chairpeople. The foundation promotes research into a rare hereditary disease that afflicts only Ashkenazic Jews. The disease is a malfunction of the autonomic nervous system, which controls involuntary processes, such as swallowing, sucking, the opening of the tear ducts, and the awareness of the sensations of hot and cold.
Money is needed to promote extensive research to prevent dysautonomia in unborn children.
Twenty-five percent of all dysautonomic children die by the age of ten because of complications. This organization was founded in 1964 by Jews, refugees from the former Soviet Union, who while there were in the forefront in the battle for Judaism and emigration. From its inception, Lishkas Ezras Achim has received the deep respect from all segments of the community, regardless of politics and affiliation. The main purpose of forming Lishkas Ezras Achim was to revive the underground movement for Judaism in the USSR, of which the committee were themselves part of when they lived in Russia. They supply an ongoing stream of much needed religious supplies to Jews there.