Despite Ms. Rachel, a popular children's entertainer on YouTube, initiating a fundraiser for Save the Children's Emergency Fund to help kids in war zones - including Gaza, which upset some Jewish and Israeli Moms for not mentioning Israeli children - the notion of selectively supporting children in need is debated among Jewish communities.

An all-Muslim Girl Scout troop in St. Louis faced backlash for choosing to raise money for injured Palestinian children instead of selling cookies.

The author, Joanna Chen, shares her experiences volunteering with The Road to Recovery, an Israeli NGO that transports sick Palestinian children to hospitals in Israel as a way to promote empathy and peace between Israelis and Palestinians.