Federations Send Aid to Argentina
Rachel Pomerance
March 7, 2002
The United Jewish Communities has pledged more than $40 million this year for the rescue and relief of the Jews of Argentina.
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rescue
Volunteer Lifesavers
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
November 29, 2001
Hatzolah Volunteer Emergency Medical Rescue Squad, long a fixture in New York, just went public in Los Angeles, serving a circumscribed area of the mostly Orthodox Beverly-La Brea Jewish community and becoming the only volunteer Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) corps in the city.
Out on a Limb
Tom Tugend
November 23, 2000
During the darkest days of the Holocaust, 63 diplomats from 24 countries risked their careers, in some cases their lives, by issuing unauthorized visas and protective letters to save an estimated 200,000 Jews.The deeds of four of these brave envoys are honored in the documentary film \”Diplomats for the Damned,\” to air Sun., Nov. 26, on the History Channel.
Relief Is in Sight
Gil Sedan
September 2, 1999
A middle-aged man climbed up to the cabin of a crane and drew the operator\’s attention to a small suitcase on top of a pile of rubble left by last month\’s killer earthquake in Turkey.
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