The following lists ways to donate to some of the Jewish agencies distributing tsunami relief
American Jewish Committee: www.ajc.org or AJC Tsunami Fund, 165 East 56th St., Eighth Floor, New York, N.Y. 10022. American Jewish World Service: www.ajws.org or 1-800-889-7146.
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee: www.jdc.org or 212-687-6200, ext. 889.
B’nai B’rith: www.bnaibrith.org or B’nai B’rith Disaster Relief Fund, 2020 K St., NW, Seventh Floor, Washington, D.C. 20006.
Chabad: www.chabadthailand.com or Chabad of Thailand, 96 Thanon Rambuttri, Bangkok Thailand 10200. (For U.S. tax deductibility, checks should be made out to American Friends of Chabad of Thailand.)
Hadassah: www.hadassah.org or June Walker, Tsunami Relief Fund, Hadassah, 50 West 58th Street, NY, 10019; in check’s memo line: “Tsunami Relief Fund.”
Orthodox Union, 11 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10004. Envelope should be marked: O.U. Asian Disaster Relief Fund. The OU is forwarding funds to the JDC.
Union for Reform Judaism: In the United States, Union for Reform Judaism, Attn: Asian Earthquake Disaster Relief Fund, 633 Third Ave. Seventh Floor, New York, N.Y. 10017. In Canada, URJ Canadian Council for Reform Judaism, 3845 Bathurst St., Suite 301, Toronto, Ontario M3H 3N2 Canada.
World ORT: www.waort.org/tsunamirelief.html or www.aort.org
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