I’ve supported non-Jewish charities plenty of times. I’ve donated to cancer research organizations, I’ve donated to Wounded Warrior (helps soldiers who lost limbs fighting for our country), and also to March of Dimes (helps with babies born prematurely).
At my job, there are times when there are collections, usually when someone loses a relative. In those cases, I have to see what the charity is that they’re collecting for. Usually it’s just for a floral arrangement, and I have no problem contributing towards those. However, sometimes we get a message saying, “In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations be made towards <Charity X>.” I once had an Indian coworker who lost his mother. They requested that donations be made to his Hindu church. Needless to say, I did NOT contribute to that – Hinduism is actual Avodah Zarah, worse than Christianity! (Some hold Christianity is NOT A”Z, and some say it’s a safek. Christians claim to believe in the same Hashem that we do, although they don’t believe in the One-ness of Hashem. We are machmir on it and treat it as A”Z. Hinduism believes in multiple gods, and not the same God we believe in.)
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