Tag: Ukrainian Jewry
Groups deliver New Year staples to thousands of Jews in Ukraine
Ahead of the Jewish New Year and more than 18 months since Russia launched its war on Ukraine, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is providing thousands of the most impoverished Jews in...
Chicago’s Ukrainian Jewish community reflects on war and troubled history of Soviet past
Ukrainian Jews who have settled in Illinois since war began in their country a year ago report that the state has been largely pro-Ukraine and that those who seemed initially hesitant to support the...
One year into the war, the displacement, physically and emotionally, of Ukrainian Jews
PART TWO OF TWO STORIES
The term “displaced persons” doesn’t always capture adequately how much of a geographical impact wars have. Diana Bukman, who is now half a world away from a colleague in Ukraine...
One year into the war, Jewish humanitarian efforts remain in full throttle in Ukraine
PART ONE OF TWO STORIES
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches its one-year anniversary on Friday, North American Jewish leaders at the forefront of humanitarian aid to Ukraine are appreciative of the ways Jews...
American Jewish community mobilizes to resettle Ukrainian refugees in midst of war
The White House is testing a unique solution to the growing Ukraine refugee crisis. The American Jewish community is testing its response.
The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has launched a direct sponsorship program...
On frontlines and borderlines: JDC races to assist refugee situation in Eastern Europe
A small family from Kyiv seeking to leave Ukraine early after the fighting broke out contacted the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, commonly known as the JDC or the Joint, for help.
A 40-ish couple,...
After slow start, Israel’s ‘aliyah’ machine for Ukraine kicks into gear
The Ukraine war has led to a wave of aliyah from the war-torn country, along with a wave of criticism as organizations managing that immigration came under fire for not working faster. On March 18, the...
Jewish Agency launches ‘Aliyah Express’ to expedite Ukrainian move to Israel
In anticipation of a massive wave of immigration from Ukraine, the Jewish Agency for Israel has launched its “Aliyah Express” program to expedite the immigration process resulting in thousands of Ukrainian Jewish refugees arriving in...
Former largest yeshivah in world becomes refugee camp in Poland for Ukrainian Jews
A yeshivah in Poland that was once the largest in the world has been converted into a refugee camp for Ukrainian Jews fleeing their home county as Russia’s war continues.
Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva operated in...
New York’s ‘Little Odessa’ Jews react to Russia-Ukraine conflict
News travels in an instant these days, and the updates coming out of Europe are hitting hard in a south Brooklyn neighborhood. Brighton Beach is home to one of the largest Ukrainian populations outside...