Several Jewish organizations are among an international effort to send aid to Indonesia after the country was struck by an earthquake and a tsunami on Sept. 28.
The Jerusalem Post reported that IsraAid, an Israeli nongovernmental organization, is sending a team to Indonesia to provide essentials such as tents and food to those affected by the tsunami. Israel and Indonesia currently don’t have diplomatic relations.
Additionally, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) will be providing similar supplies as well as trauma therapy to provide support to those who lost loved ones in the quake and tsunami.
The World Jewish Relief Fund is also aiming to provide shelter, sanitation and other essential supplies and services to the victims of the tsunami.
“As Jews around the world gather…to celebrate the conclusion of our High Holiday season, we are keenly aware of our blessings, our responsibility to repair a broken world, and the need to act now to deliver hope to those facing so much despair,” JDC CEO David Schizer told the Post.
On Sept. 28, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake and waves reportedly from 5 to 20 feet high struck Indonesia’s island of Sulawesi, resulting in a death toll nearly 1,350, which is expected to rise.
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