The UJAFederations accomplishments extend far beyond our borders. Using cutlingedge technology. the UJAFederation of New York has provided assistance to Jewish communities from Belarus to Buenos Aires. The UJAFedleration makes possible initiatives such as teaching Hebrew to Ethiopian Jews immigrating to Israel. providing crisis counselors after the Beslan school hostage crisis. and furnishing 13.600 elderly Jews in the former U.S.S.R. with hot meals and companionship. The UJAFed erations compassion is also reflected in its commitment to emergency response and disaster relief. In 2002. the UJAFederation formally established and funded the Israel Trauma Coalition. an alliance of medical and social service providers working to improve the traumaresponse capacity of the Israeli mental health system. a program that has expanded trom seven organizations to encompass more than forty agencies.
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