How to help Katrina victims

How to help Katrina victims

Wednesday, September 14, 2005


Several Jewish organizations have set up emergency mailboxes to accept donations to aid both the Jewish and general communities affected by the Hurricane Katrina.

Those wishing to make a donation through the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington can donate online (www.shalomdc.org) or send a check to: The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief Fund, 6101 Montrose Rd., Rockville, MD 20852. Checks should be payable to "The Jewish Federation" and include the code: SDG06HK.

• Agudath Israel of America can be sent to: Hurricane Victims Emergency Relief Fund, Agudath Israel of America, 42 Broadway, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10004.

• B'nai B'rith ' checks should be made payable to the B'nai B'rith Disaster Relief Fund and sent to: B'nai B'rith International, 2020 K St., N.W., Seventh Floor, Washington, DC 20006; or online by going to www.bnaibrith.org and clicking on the link for disaster relief.

• United Jewish Communities ' www.ujc.org or by mail to United Jewish Communities, P.O. Box 30, Old Chelsea Station, NY 10113, attention: Hurricane Katrina. Mark the memo section of checks with "Katrina."

• Jewish Federation of Greater Houston ' www.houston.jewish.org/onlinegiving.asp.

• Union for Reform Judaism ' www.urj.org/give. Information on the Disaster Relief Fund can be found at www.urj.org/relief.

• United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism ' www.uscj.org/Hurricane_ReliefYou_6553.html or by mail to USCJ Hurricane Disaster Relief Fund, 121 Congressional Lane, Suite 210, Rockville, MD 20852. Checks should be made payable to "USCJ"; mark the memo section with USCJ Hurricane Disaster Relief Fund.

• Chabad-Lubavitch ' online at www.chabadneworleans.com or by mail to Disaster Relief Fund, 770 Eastern Pkwy., Brooklyn, NW 11213.

• Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger ' www.mazon.org or by calling 310-442-0020.

• American Jewish Committee ' online at www.ajc.org

• Orthodox Union in conjunction with the Rabbinical Council of America and Yeshiva University's Center ' www.ou.org/forms/5765/katrina65.asp; check, payable to Orthodox Union and marked "Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund," to Orthodox Union, 11 Broadway, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10004. Write "Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund" on both the check and the envelope.

• The Shefa Fund/The Jewish Fund For Justice ' www.shefafund.org.

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