(Times of Israel) Debra Kamin - In a UN mega-camp in Jordan, more than 200,000 Syrian refugees are desperately trying to feed themselves and stay alive. Local NGOs say that on most days, 700 to 1,000 more Syrians cross the border. Sultana fled Damascus with her husband and their five children. She may not realize it, but now her food, cooking oil and cleaning supplies come to her thanks to the Israeli aid organization IsraAid and a network of Jewish donors across the diaspora, including the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, the AJC, World Jewish Relief and the Pears Foundation.
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