Italian Jews to aid areas hit by earthquake

Italy’s umbrella Jewish organization and the Rome Jewish community have set up a blood donation center to aid victims of the deadly earthquake that hit central Italy early Wednesday morning, JTA reports.

Noemi Di Segni, the president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities (UCEI), issued a statement saying Italy’s Jews expressed full solidarity with the quake victims and were ready to mobilize “in a concrete and immediate way to confront the current state of emergency.”