New York – Due to the current hostilities with Iran, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) announced a number of crisis response activities in Israel, including the deployment of emergency response and mental health resources for Israelis under fire and its ongoing work to keep Jewish communities around the world resilient in the face of rising tensions:
JDC stands with the people of Israel at this time and prays for the safety of our loved ones, colleagues, and the communities we serve throughout the country.
As people gather in bomb shelters, JDC’s mental health specialists are working in hundreds of municipalities around the country. JDC widely deployed its digital emergency response and mental health resources to help Israelis get through these early hours and days of the conflict.
Local first responders throughout the country are using the emergency supplies and training the organization provided during the last war with Iran, and, if needed, JDC will expand its comprehensive housing program to aid those who lost homes in attacks.
JDC is coordinating with Jewish communities around the world at this time of heightened tensions, leveraging the deep work the global organization has done with them, and the resources it has put in place, to help them feel secure and supported and can respond with resilience to whatever may come.
For members of the public with loved ones in Israel, they can direct them to JDC’s digital emergency response and mental health resources to help them get through these early hours and days of the conflict. The link is: https://jdc-israel-digital.tiiny.site/
