As Rabbi Bieler points out, this topic has been raised on Lookjed in the past.
Here are links to some of the previous Lookjed discussions, some of which appeared in the context of Jewish responses to major disasters.
From 1999 – Discussion about Shabbat desecration to save non-Jews -
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From 2005 – Discussion about volunteering to help non-Jewish charities -
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From 2007 – A return to the question about Shabbat desecration -
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From 2009 – A crisis in Zimbabwe lead to this discussion -
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A reminder that the Lookjed list archives are a resource for many issues that come p in the classroom.
Shalom
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