Two vacationing Jews from Istanbul and 25 Israeli tourists were killed in last week’s devastating earthquake in Turkey, according to the World Jewish Congress. The Jewish community — which numbers about 23,000 people, mostly in Istanbul — is still shaken, and is helping with the relief effort.
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