Two students from a New York Jewish school are traveling to Thailand to distribute toys to children affected by the Southeast Asian tsunami. Ayelet Hematian and Chantal Keypour, sixth-graders from Chabad Academy of Science and Humanities in Port Washington, N.Y., will fly to Thailand on Wednesday.
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