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IsraAid

Aviva Siegel and Keith Siegel discuss their captivity in Gaza, during a Feb. 12 appearance at the Addison-Penzak JCC in Los Gatos. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Two former Israeli hostages detail captivity, start new chapter helping refugees abroad

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi February 17, 2026February 18, 2026

Aviva and Keith Siegel know what it’s like to live in a pit of despair.  The married couple were abducted from their home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on Oct. 7, […]

Israeli firefighters visit Solomon's Delicatessen in Sacramento, Aug. 30, 2020. (Photo/Courtesy Jami Goldstene)
Posted inOpinion

When disaster strikes, Israel is there to help

by J. Editorial Board September 3, 2020
IsraAid volunteer Lee Erman (left) delivers food to one of the agency's beneficiaries. (Photo/Courtesy IsraAid)
Posted inBay Area

‘Worst food insecurity since the Great Depression’: Bay Area volunteers deliver food for Israeli relief agency

by Dan Pine August 28, 2020August 28, 2020
A memorial for the victims of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh. (Photo/JTA-Hane Grace Yagel)
Posted inUncategorized

Up close and personal with Pittsburgh

Stephanie Levin by Stephanie Levin December 19, 2019
An aerial view of houses in the Bahamas from a Coast Guard aircraft, Sept. 3, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images-U.S. Coast Guard by Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Stanton)
Posted inWorld, News

Jewish groups provide aid to the Bahamas in wake of Hurricane Dorian

by JTA September 4, 2019
Co-CEO of IsraAID Voni Glick (left) (Photo/Courtesy of IsraAid)
Posted inUncategorized, Bay Area

IsraAid launches Bay Area professionals network with lecture series on humanitarian aid

by J. Staff August 27, 2019
A woman in blue scrubs (Sandberg) stands next to another woman in blue scrubs wearing a stethoscope. they are standing outside of a small building labeled "pediatric ward." a local woman with a baby is walking into the building.
Posted inFirst Person

Lessons from practicing medicine in a refugee camp

Michelle Sandberg by Michelle Sandberg April 24, 2019April 24, 2019
Nicole Lopez and Kelsea Mensh spent their summer education rural Puerto Ricans about water safety with an IsraAid fellowship.
Posted inNews

With IsraAid, local students serve in Puerto Rico and Berlin

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 27, 2018
IsraAid founder Yotam Polizer helping out at Shomrei Torah in Santa Rosa, Oct. 11 (Photo/Courtesy IsraAid)
Posted inNews

IsraAid and local volunteers at work on post-fire psychological healing

by Rob Gloster October 18, 2017March 20, 2018
Outside of Moria refugee camp on the second consecutive day of mass demonstrations over living conditions in the camp.
Posted inOpinion

Helpless in Lesbos: Small victories, short supplies and a ‘Theater of the Oppressed’

Hillel Zand by Hillel Zand September 28, 2017September 28, 2017

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