A contribution of $10,000 for the emergency purchase of relief supplies for Tunisians made homeless by recent torrential rains and flooding was announced today by Henry Taub, president of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
According to reports from the Tunisian Civil Protection Council, more than 100 people have been killed in the floods and many thousands made homeless. The flooding took place in and around the southern city of Sfax and the northern city of Zaghouan on October 30 and 31.
JDC executive vice president Ralph Goldman reported the small Jewish community in Sfax was “well and safe,” and the rest of the 6,000 Jews of Tunisia, most of whom live in the city of Tunis, were not directly affected by the flooding.
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