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What does it take to show up for a community in crisis?
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Rabbi Ethan Katz, Director of OU Relief Missions, joins Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph on the Oh, You? Podcast to share how ordinary people step into extraordinary roles through acts of chesed, what it’s like leading missions in the aftermath of disaster, and why these experiences leave a lasting impact on everyone involved. OU Relief Missions promotes chesed and tikkun olam by fostering unity through service, organizing volunteer trips for Jewish communities to provide disaster relief and humanitarian aid in crisis-hit areas. 💬 Hear how relief work builds more than homes—it builds people. 🎧 Watch now 👉🏼 https://www.ou.org/ohyou #volunteer #reliefwork #chesed #disasterrelief
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There are a number of different groups
that do volunteering and do missions.
What sets you and your team and your
missions apart from some of the other
groups? The OU, the Union of Orthodox
Congregation, is the number one
organization nationwide that sends
volunteers to volunteer. Wow. We're the
number one organization. How many do we
send a year? We send out 50 groups a
year. About a thousand participants.
Wow. No other organization of any
religious denomination is sending the
amount to the OU sending. Amazing. We
have a reputation for excellence when it
comes to disaster relief work. And we
could have at any given week three or
four different missions going on. This
past we get four going on
simultaneously. And we're heavily sought
after because everyone knows this is
what the Jews do. We go out and we
volunteer.