The president of the United Jewish Charities (UJC) of Northeast Louisiana in Monroe, Morris Mintz, said today that the UJC had no information that any Jewish homes, factories or institutions in the area had been damaged by the floods which have ravaged the area the past week, causing estimated damages of $100 million.
Mintz told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, in a telephone interview, that the UJC had learned of one case in which a Jewish-owned home in the Monroe area had come close to being damaged by the rampaging flood waters but actually was not damaged.
Mintz said the UJC was planning a special meeting “within a few days” to assess the flood’s possible effects on local area Jews but repeated that he was certain that if any Jewish family, institution or business had been hurt, the UJC would have learned about it and would have stepped in to provide help.
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