Macedonia’s tiny Jewish community, JDC help flood victims
Members of the Balkan nation's Jewish community of 250 prepared and handed out packages that reached an estimated 5,000 evacuees.
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Federations open fund drive for Louisiana flood victims
Staff members from the Baton Rouge federation and many from the local Jewish community were among those forced to flee.
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Israel aiding Paraguayans displaced by worst flooding in 50 years
Some 100,000 Paraguayans have been displaced by the flooding caused by torrential rain that started last month. More ▸
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Hurricane Irene strikes Vermont, spares Saul Bellow’s burial ground
By Adam SoclofRepair the World has issued a call to action to help communities affected by Hurricane Irene. Among the many volunteer and tzedaka opportunities, the Repair bulletin specifically mentions the Jewish community of Brattleboro, Vermont by name. JTA readers might be interested to know that Nobel Prize-winner Saul Bellow is buried in Brattleboro at the Jewish cemetery, Shir Heharim. [[READMORE]]… More ▸
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Jewish nonprofit understatement of the century
By Adam SoclofIf the Jewish development professional in your life is feeling the Monday blues, reassure them that it could be worse. In what could reasonably be called the fundraising understatement of the century, here’s a JDC official’s call to action to raise money for Roumanian flood relief, dated July 11, 1932: "We have never failed when such… More ▸
