Jewish humanitarian groups step in, or try to, as crises unfold in Haiti and Afghanistan The Joint Distribution Committee and American Jewish World Service are sending aid to Haiti. But HIAS says it can do little to help Afghans as the Taliban retakes their country.
Argentina’s envoy to Haiti glorifies Nazis in tweet that angers local Jewish groups Ambassador Pedro Von Eyken identified himself saying as the “son of a German officer of World War II , I salute the Army on its day.”
JDC dispatches aid to hurricane-stricken Haiti The Jewish humanitarian group is focusing on providing medical aid and serving the basic needs of those affected by the hurricane.