israid Archives – Jewish Journal

Recruiting Jews to the Cause of Persecuted Yazidis, One Synagogue at a Time

Eitan Arom October 12, 2017

For Jews fighting Ebola, specialty is psychosocial therapy

Jewish Journal November 10, 2014

Even amid the unceasing horrors of Sierra Leone’s Ebola epidemic, it was a case that stood out.\n

As Nigeria is declared formally free of Ebola, Israel preps for domestic readiness

Jewish Journal October 21, 2014

Israeli officials welcomed the World Health Organization announcement on Oct. 20 that Nigeria has been declared formally free of Ebola following six weeks with no new cases of the deadly virus.

IsraAID opens training program in South Sudan

Jewish Journal March 7, 2012

The Israeli nongovernmental organization IsraAID opened a training program to deal with gender-based violence for social workers in the fledgling country of South Sudan.

Opinion: In Japan, pride in the Jewish response to tsunami

Jewish Journal March 7, 2012

As I sit here in Tokyo with the first anniversary of the tsunami fast approaching, I recall my surprise the first time a Japanese person thanked me, as a Jew, for Israel’s immediate response to the disaster.