In the spirit of '' tikkun olam '' , a Hebrew phrase referring to the moral responsibility to repair the world and alleviate suffering , the JDC has contributed funding and expertise in humanitarian crises such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami , the Myanmar cyclone of 2008 , the genocide in Darfur , the escalating violence in Georgia and the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
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