Four days after the catastrophe, the first Israeli search-and-rescue team arrived in the Tōhoku region and began to provide much-needed humanitarian relief. Israel was the first nation to establish a field hospital, and by the following week, IsraAID had initial operations up and running in Miyagi Prefecture, where the effects of the tsunami were especially destructive
More than 60 mayors and municipal leaders from across Ohio joined the AJC Cincinnati and AJC Cleveland regional offices to honor the memory of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims and to raise their collective voice to fight for a world free of antisemitism, hate, and bigotry. Together, they will help spread the word and affirm their commitment to oppose prejudice and discrimination.