AVI BINUR: MERCY GATE בָּרוּךְ הַשֵׁם
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JEWISH TRIBUNE: When disaster strikes, compassion breeds. This campaign was just a small token effort to repay a debt of gratitude and to display our appreciation to this nation that did so much for Jews worldwide.
Secular Guy: As a Jewish humanist and permanent resident of the Philippines. I was interested to see the extent to which these sources would step up to the plate in assisting the victims of Haiyan. The answer was not long in coming. Several such groups are coming through. Among them are Jewish Federations of North America, Union for Reform Judaism and American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. The Jewish Association of the Philippines is also pitching in with donations and a project for repacking relief goods. The State of Israel has furnished 100 tons of supplies and senior medical personal, and has set up a set up a field hospital in Tacloban.
SheGives [w]ith reporting from Gabriel Sunshine: Here is a picture of Geraldine with kids at the evacuation center in Capiz. Despite the loss of their homes, their school, and in some cases of family members, they are nonetheless still able to smile.
Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine, Jewish community leader and Senior Counsel, Bracebridge Capital
Erica Brown, scholar and educator 
What does being Jewish look like? How can we create our own spiritual journeys? Erica will talk about life transitions and the way that Judaism anchors us in times of change, while Geraldine will walk us through her own inspiring transition from being Filipino to being Jewish to bringing the different parts of herself together when she returned to the Philippines after disaster to rebuild her hometown while rebuilding herself.

Walang ligaya sa lupa na hindi dinilig ng luha.

Filipino Proverb: There is no earthly bliss not watered by tears.

Bnei Lot are of an ancient origin. In the migratory tradition of Ruth begun more than two millennia ago, a remnant of David and Solomon migrated into Maritime Southeast Asia which comprises what is now Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, and Singapore, as well as Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, with a sizeable minority of Malays migrating back to their tribal allotments in Sephardic Judah, besides Terrestrial and Figurative Jordan.