A New York group is launching a fund to raise money for emergency aid to the needy. The Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty is starting a Fund for the Jewish Poor aimed at ensuring a ready source of emergency cash assistance to the needy, spokesman Kalman Yeger said.
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