The Board of Trustees of the Federation of Jewish Agencies of Greater Philadelphia has unanimously approved a grant of $25,000 to be sent to the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee for use in famine-stricken Ethiopia.
“Hunger and suffering are specters that are covering the entire Ethiopian country. Untold thousands of helpless people are starving and dying. As members of the Jewish community, we feel that we are, indeed, all of our brothers’ keepers and this grant is for the relief of Ethiopians in need no matter their creed or religion,” the Federation leaders, headed by Bennett Aaron, Federation president, declared.
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