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Locals queue to receive food aid as severe drought continues, in Nalemkais Village, Turkana County, Kenya, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP/Patrick Ngugi)
April 5, 2026, 9:52 am
Aid groups warn Iran war hindering global food and medicine supply, suffering set to deepen
Conflict and Iranian attacks on Strait of Hormuz have cut off vital routes, compounding issues of rising fuel prices, supply chain problems and funding cuts
By AP
A man carries a cardboard box of food aid provided by World Central Kitchen in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 17, 2024. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)
April 11, 2024, 12:56 pm
Jewish groups signal new interest in Gaza aid after fatal strike on food volunteers
New Israel Fund launches fundraiser to direct resources to World Central Kitchen, whose workers were killed in mistaken IAF airstrike, and to the International Rescue Committee
By JTA
From left, Jad, Ma'zooza, Basma, grover, background center, Cookie Monster and Elmo, characters in a new, locally produced Arabic TV program 'Welcome Sesame' for the hundreds of thousands of children dealing with displacement in Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon. (Sesame Workshop via AP)
January 26, 2020, 8:14 pm
‘Sesame Street’ comforts children displaced by Syrian war
Aimed at hundreds of thousands of youngsters in Syria, Iraq and Jordan who fled their homes, program will include specially created characters to reflect trauma, hardships suffered
By Mark Kennedy
A Syrian woman who is newly displaced by the Turkish military operation in northeastern Syria, carries her son upon her arrival at the Bardarash camp, north of Mosul, Iraq, October 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
October 17, 2019, 10:44 am
Aid groups scramble to reach Syrians as battle lines shift
‘We have to leave,’ says Save the Children official as Turkish onslaught displaces 160,000 people, forcing them to flee to makeshift refugee camps
By Joseph Krauss and Andrea Rosa
Anish Kapoor walking in a march in London in solidarity with migrants currently crossing Europe, Sept. 17, 2015. (Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images via JTA)
January 18, 2018, 5:47 am
Anish Kapoor’s Genesis Prize money goes to 5 groups assisting refugees
‘Like many Jews, I do not have to go far back in my family history to find people who were refugees,’ says the renowned artist and human rights activist
By JTA
Rabbi Shu Eliovson receives a hug from Thanasis Voulgarakis at the Pikpa refugee camp in Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece. January 19, 2017. (Nave Antopolsky/iAID)
January 19, 2017, 9:35 pm
Jewish and Israeli organizations deliver emergency aid to refugees on frozen Greek island
Team from Amaliah and iAID ships to Lesbos 1.5 tons of winter supplies collected from Israelis in just five days
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: A dinghy carrying refugees arrives at a beach on the island of Lesbos in northern Greece. (Boaz Arad/IsraAid via JTA)
September 21, 2016, 5:36 am
George Soros pledges up to $500 million to help refugees
Jewish billionaire seeks ‘good investment ideas’ that ‘truly benefit migrants and host communities’
By JTA
Designer Johny Dar, center, and the models receive the applause after the 'Jeans For Refugees project' fashion show Friday, July 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
July 26, 2016, 8:33 pm
Stars donate jeans for refugees
Money raised by the effort will go to organization founded at Albert Einstein’s request
By AFP
'Game of Thrones' cast members Liam Cunningham, Maisie Williams and Lena Headey visit IRC programs at Diavata refugee site in northern Greece (credit: Tara Todras-Whitehill/IRC)
July 2, 2016, 11:14 am
‘Game of Thrones’ stars meet Syrian refugees in Greece
Liam Cunningham, Maisie Williams and Lena Heady urge EU leaders to take action to help those who fled their war-torn homes
By AP and ToI Staff
An exterior view of the Google office in Mountain View, California. (Google office image via Shutterstock)
September 16, 2015, 12:41 am
Google to donate up to $5.5m to help Europe refugees
Tech giant announces matching gift in bid to spur more contributions amid unprecedented wave of asylum seekers
By AP
File: Refugees who arrived by train from Salzburg, Austria, wait on a platform at the central station in Munich, Germany, on September 6, 2015. (Photo by Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)
September 11, 2015, 5:06 am
In Germany, Syrian refugees seek out a Jewish welfare organization
With Germany to absorb 800,000 potential immigrants, Jews ponder whether those raised to hate them will be able to integrate into a tolerant society
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
George Soros speaks at a conference in Berlin, April 2012. (photo credit: AP)
November 8, 2013, 6:41 am
Soros pledges $1 million to war-ravaged Syria
Humanitarian crisis result of government and rebels using denial of aid ‘tool of war,’ financier says
By AP
Universal Pictures founder Carl Laemmle with his children, Rosabelle and Carl, Jr. (photo credit: Courtesy of the George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C./via Museum of Jewish Heritage)
May 22, 2013, 4:22 am
Exhibit opens on US Jews who helped refugees from Nazis
‘Against the Odds’ attempts to dispel the perception of American Jewish passivity during the Holocaust
Free Syrian Army fighters fire at enemy positions during heavy clashes with government forces, in the Salaheddine district of Aleppo, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Abdullah Al-Yasin)
January 14, 2013, 8:34 pm
Rape in Syria said a ‘significant’ part of the war
Sexual violence in the rebellion has reached ‘horrific’ proportions, according to new report
By Greg Tepper
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