A Russian Jewish leader donated $500,000 to causes in the city of Jerusalem. The money donated by Arcadi Gaydamak will go to a children’s hospital, to improve living conditions of Arabs in eastern Jerusalem and to benefit Ethiopian immigrants, a spokesman for the Congress of Jewish Religious Organizations and Communities of Russia said in a release.
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