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rescue
Rescuers search Oklahoma tornado town ruins as recovery starts
Jewish Journal
May 22, 2013
Rescue workers with sniffer dogs picked through the ruins of an Oklahoma town on Wednesday to ensure no survivors remained buried after a deadly tornado left thousands homeless and trying to salvage what was left of their belongings.
A prayer for Oklahoma
Jewish Journal
May 21, 2013
Lord our God, we stood before You just a week ago to receive the Ten Statements of Your Torah. We stood, as though with our ancestors, and listened to the Torah reader chant descriptions of the smoking mountain, the thunderous rumbling, and the long-awaited voice of God.
Chabad center taking in Oklahomans displaced by deadly tornado
Jewish Journal
May 21, 2013
A Chabad center in Oklahoma City opened its building as a shelter for those displaced by a deadly tornado.
Israel team of volunteers to help with search and rescue efforts in Japan
Jewish Journal
March 12, 2011
ZAKA International Rescue Unit said Friday it will send a team of trained volunteers from Israel to help the search and rescue efforts in Japan, following the 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that rocked the country earlier that day.
Chilean miners invited to visit Israel
Jewish Journal
October 20, 2010
Israel’s tourism minister invited the 33 rescued Chilean miners to spend Christmas in Israel.
Israel invites Chilean miners for a ‘spiritual’ Christmas in the Holy Land
Jewish Journal
October 18, 2010
Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov on Monday extended an official invitation to the 33 Chilean miners who were rescued last week to experience a \”spiritual journey\” this Christmas in the Holy Land.
Jewish businessman gifting rescued miners
Jewish Journal
October 13, 2010
Chilean mining executive Leonardo Farkas has written $10,000 checks to each of the 33 miners that are being rescued from a collapsed mine in Chile after being trapped for more than two months.
Milken JCC board rejects Federation offer
Jane Ulman
June 15, 2007
Up to now, the New JCC at Milken has avoided closure and selling off its property, the fate of many former Los Angeles JCCs, because of its unique history.
A night at the homeless shelter
Jackie Greenspan
November 30, 2006
545 San Pedro Street is an address I will never forget.
It is the Union Rescue Mission downtown, inhabited by homeless individuals that reside in their designated corners on Skid Row. My school, Milken Community High School, offered a community service experience for 21 students, and I found myself at the Union Rescue Mission.
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