The United Jewish Communities / Federations of North America has established a humanitarian relief fund to aid members of the Jewish and general communities touched by Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, the Western Florida panhandle and other affected areas… click here for more details
The U.S. trade union movement as a whole, as well as individual unions, are collecting funds and providing assistance in other ways to help.
Information on Hurricane Relief Fund of the AFL-CIO’s Union Community Fund is here and information on what individual unions are doing here
>> Avram B. Lyon
>> Executive Director
>> Jewish Labor Committee
>> 25 East 21st Street
>> New York, NY 10010

This article will give you more stats than you ever wanted about Jews affected by the hurricane. I like the part about the Jewish camps hosting relief workers and families.

k & y — That particular incident was widely reported on last spring, and someone posted about it here.
There is a new report on Breaking the Silence that came out two days ago in UK Guardian:
“Israeli soldiers tell of indiscriminate killings by army and a culture of impunity”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/inte…