Archive for January, 2010
Israeli Organizations Send Aid to Relieve Haiti Earthquake Damage
Following the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday, the Jewish community has been at the forefront of relief efforts, with much of the push coming directly from Israel. The earthquake, ranked a 7.0 on the Richter scale, devastated the impoverished nation of Haiti, particularly the capital city Port-au-Prince. Experts estimate a death [...]
Encountering peace: Change in Gaza is possible
Thirty-nine young people from Gaza applied to attend a peace education workshop sponsored by the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information, or IPCRI, which was held recently in a school in Beit Jala. Thirty-five of them were denied entry by the Israeli Defense Forces, or IDF, and did not have the opportunity to join the 70 other [...]
