Ways to Give to the Relief Efforts in Haiti through a Jewish Agency...Some Information from Sarah Kelen

There are many U.S. and international agencies working on the earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. For those of you who are
particularly interested in supporting earthquate relief efforts through a Jewish agency, here are two options:

1) the JDC:
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Agency (the JDC) acts on behalf of North American Jewish communities to rescue those in distress. Although the majority of their work deals with saving Jews in crisis worldwide, they also provide emergency relief and assistance to all communities in crisis situations. The JDC is funded through direct donation and through the donations to the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA, formerly UJC). You can read about JDC's Haiti Relief efforts (and donate) at:
http://www.jdc.org/about-jdc/crisis-response.aspx?id=4028

2) the USCJ:
The United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism has a disaster relief fund to aid those in crisis after a natural disaster. To give to this fund, go to:
http://www.razoo.com/story/Disaster-Relief-Fund-3
the USCJ is a member of the Jewish Coalition for Disaster Relief, which combines resources from a number of Jewish agencies to benefit the victims of natural disasters as well as those crises caused human actions.

Sarah Kelen