I strongly suspect the kidney donations in question are mostly to other Jews, and maybe mostly to other Orthodox Jews. The organization mentioned in the video is Renewal, which “helps facilitate kidney matches within the Jewish community.”
And with regard to Matnat Chaim: “In a report aired on Israel’s Channel 2 Sunday, the Health Ministry said the policy leads to possible discrimination, noting that at least half of Matnat Chaim’s donors request Jewish recipients.”
In general, Orthodox Jews are very altruistic towards other Jews, and especially other Orthodox Jews. However, the impression I have is that they tend to be tribalistic and unlikely to favor expanded moral circles. So I don’t think they’re a good target audience for EA.
(I grew up Orthodox Jewish, but I’m now an atheist.)
I’m surprised that “After one year of applying for EA jobs: It is really, really hard to get hired by an EA organisation” did not win, given that:
It started an important conversation, likely valuable for people seeking EA jobs, people providing EA career advice, and people hiring for EA jobs.
It generated 259 upvotes and 177 comments, which is more than I remember ever seeing.
It must have been unusually difficult for the author to write.