Eastern Europe
Unable to return home due to the war, three groups of Birthright Israel participants are being put up in Israel until the situation improves.
“We stand with the people of Ukraine and hope for an immediate end to this war,” says NGO StandWithUs on Facebook, along with a photo of the event.
The stations for facilitating immigration to Israel are located in Poland, Moldova, Romania and Hungary, the agency said.
The delegation consists of 15 medical personnel and a representative of the Sheba Beyond virtual hospital.
“I would like to ask all of the support that you can provide us with here in the U.S. by contacting everyone you can contact, calling for stronger sanctions, but also all the support that you can provide in any of these areas, it will be very much appreciated, because this is existential,” Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova told the National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry.
In a Brooklyn neighborhood known for its ex-Soviet population, Jewish Ukrainians say they don’t fear in particular for the country’s Jewish population, instead viewing the conflict as a national struggle.
Rabbis decide to stay with their communities, report shortages of basic goods. Rabbi rules that in current crisis, Jewish Ukrainians may leave cell phones on during Shabbat.
“The two leaders discussed the situation in Ukraine, with an emphasis on the Kyiv region,” a readout from the Prime Minister’s Office said.
The funds will go to humanitarian aid, such as food, medicine, winter relief and emergency services; bolster security at Jewish institutions; respond to emerging needs such as the displacement of people from their homes and provide mobile medical units for the homebound.
According to a State Department readout, the two foreign ministers discussed “the premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified attack by Russia’s military forces on Ukraine and its people.”
“NCSEJ is deeply concerned about the onslaught of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Ukraine,” The National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry (NCSEJ) said in a statement. “All appropriate steps must be taken to ensure the safety and well-being of Ukrainians.”
“The consequences of the crisis, in its diplomatic, economic and security aspects, were reviewed in the discussion,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.
