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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have donated to Gaza support campaigns through World Central Kitchen and Doctors Without Borders, and I don't feel the need to try to funnel that through my synagogue. I've also given to an Israel NGO that (before the war) drove Palestinians from Gaza to Israeli hospitals for medical care and to another that's trying to build a grassroots network of Israelis and Palestinians together to oppose the occupation and make peace. (My synagogue also hosted that group for a talk.) And I also gave to Magen David Adom and to HIAS, both of which are helping to resettle Israeli refugees displaced by the Hamas attacks and by the war.

I don't know if the point of this original post here was to try to imply that American Jews bear more collective responsibility for the situation on the ground in Gaza, which is sort of what it reads like. But it's just as easy for American Jews to give to NGOs that are trying to alleviate the suffering among innocent Palestinians as it is for anyone else, no need to involve synagogues at all.[/quote]

+1. I don't think it is necessary for individuals to look to their synagogues to funnel support to Gaza. Too divisive. If you want to do something, do it as an individual and tell others what you are doing.[/quote]

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