Jewish relief efforts in Haiti

The 7.0 earthquake on Jan. 12 that hit Haiti devastated its capital and has left tens of thousands of people dead, with many thousands more injured. Several Jewish organizations have opened up relief funds and some have sent teams to the country to assist in rescue and burial efforts.

The following links take you to donation pages to assist in those efforts:%u2028

Milwaukee Jewish Federation, which directs funds to the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

American Jewish World Service

B’nai B’rith International

Chabad Lubavitch

MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger

Orthodox Union

Union for Reform Judaism

United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

ZAKA Jewish rescue organization, which has rescue personnel on the scene

Source: Joel Magalnick, editor of JTNews.