A UK-based Jewish charity has raised £100,000 for Syrian refugees.
World Jewish Relief, which launched the emergency appeal two weeks ago, said the donations included £50,000 from the Pears Foundation.
A spokesperson said WJR, which has already issued food and aid parcels to more than 100 Syrian families forced to flee to camps in Jordan as a result of the civil war, said it now hopes “to expand support to provide a more substantive level of assistance to women and children affected by the crisis”.
WJR chief executive Paul Anticoni added: “We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Jewish community for the wonderful response to this serious yet still worsening humanitarian crisis.
