Rabbi Moshe Margaretten says he gets calls in the middle of the night from people in Afghanistan asking for help.
Rabbi Moshe Margaretten says he receives calls in the middle of the night from terrified Afghans asking him to help
"I thought about those four kids, all younger than 18, I thought 'who knows if they are still alive, I have to try to reach them'," Rabbi Moshe Margaretten, 41, tells the BBC. Through his organisation - the Tzedek Association - and a network of people based in the region, he set about putting the wheels in motion.
The Rabbi, whose grandparents are from Hungary, says the horror his family faced when the Nazis swept across Europe during World War Two - and witnessing how events were unfolding in Afghanistan - meant that doing nothing was not an option.Tzedek Association The Rabbi began fundraising within the Jewish community in Brooklyn and Chicago with the aim of getting as many people to safety as possible.
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