They rush to the rescue. It doesn't matter who or where. There they are (if they're allowed in).
Shabbat Shalom.
There are (or were) only about 25 Jews living in Haiti (most if not all of them near the quake's epicenter). It doesn't matter who or where. This is what they do.Representatives of the Chabad-Lubavitch organization and of ZAKA, the Jewish search and rescue group, are already in Haiti to help survivors and Jews in the disaster zone.
Ahead of Shabbat, Chabad envoys were working hard to prepare kosher food and a proper Shabbat meal for Jewish aid workers already on the devastated island.
Chabad's emissary to the Dominican Republic, Shimon Pelman, told Ynet that he arrived in Haiti in order to identify and assist Jewish residents and rescue workers, in order to provide them with challah bread and wine for Shabbat.
ZAKA. Chabad.
Meanwhile, ZAKA has also sent a team to Haiti. The group's spokesman, "Motti Bukchin, spoke with the first volunteers who landed in the island and told Ynet that during the night they were taken into a shelter to protect them from rioters On the streets.
ZAKA volunteers have decided to launch a fundraising effort in order to purchase first aid and medical equipment for survivors, as well as water, food, and tents. Mati Goldstein, Zaka's mission commander in Haiti, said that donations to the group would enable it to "purchase medical equipment and items to be used by the millions of refugees and homeless."
Shabbat Shalom.
