Carol and Gershon's generosity and commitment to Jewish social and humanitarian causes touches the lives of millions in New York, in Israel, and around the world.
UJA-Federation of New York mourns the passing of Sue Mercy, beloved wife of Eugene Mercy, whose generosity and commitment to Jewish social and humanitarian causes touches the lives of millions worldwide.
Stephen and Laurie, members of our Board of Directors, are dear friends whose commitment to Jewish social and humanitarian causes touches the lives of millions in New York, in Israel, and around the world.
As an actor, comic and humanitarian, Robin Williams touched millions of lives.
Two years later, the City Council proclaimed George Harrison Day in Los Angeles, and the tree was commemorated with a bronze plaque embedded in a granite slab, saluting him as "a great humanitarian who touched the world as an artist, a musician and gardener".
A plaque at the tree's base reads, "In memory of a great humanitarian who touched the world as an artist, a musician and a gardener". It concludes with a quote from Harrison: "For the forests to be green, each tree must be green". Harrison died at a friend's home in Los Angeles in 2001 after a battle with throat and lung cancer and a brain tumor.
BANGUI, 26 July 2013 – A UNICEF-chartered cargo aircraft loaded with 52 metric tonnes of humanitarian supplies touched down today in Bangui, Central African Republic.
With Zambia struggling with the same food shortages afflicting much of southern Africa, closing the mines would have compounded a humanitarian crisis and perhaps touched off a political one as well.
Akbaruddin said humanitarian organizations have been in touch with 46 nurses, working in a Tikrit hospital.
