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Jewish Responses to the Crisis in Haiti

On the evening of Tuesday, January 12th 2010, Haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake, measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale, making it the worst in the region in more than 200 years. It struck about 10 miles southwest of the capital of Port-au-Prince and has left thousands dead as well as the Haitian population in need of relief.

To learn more about how this crisis and how you can help, visit www.ajws.org/haiti.

As concerned global citizens and as Jews, it is our moral obligation to respond to humanitarian crises. Click here for a source sheet that explores this obligation.

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