JDC
Since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, JDC staff and volunteers have provided essential supplies and care to 43,000 Jews in Ukraine.
“As a new stage in the Ukraine crisis has begun, we have moved from a program of winter relief to winter survival,” JDC CEO Ariel Zwang said in a statement.
Internally displaced Jewish families will be treated to Rosh Hashanah festivities, concerts, lectures and excursions, along with members of the wider local communities.
In addition to helping with evacuations of Ukrainians, the organization’s team members in Ukraine and neighboring countries are helping to meet the needs of the aged and vulnerable, including providing them with Passover supplies.
“While we pray for a peaceful resolution to this conflict, we are working around the clock to ensure tens of thousands of Ukraine’s neediest Jews have the critical care and support they need to survive these terrible events. We do not know what the days ahead will bring, but JDC will remain a lifeline to these Jews and to Jewish communities,” said JDC CEO Ariel Zwang.
Videos on eight nights feature a look at the history, culture and traditions of Jewish communities in New York, Morocco, Ukraine, Estonia, the United Arab Emirates, Israel, Poland and Latin America.
Aside from growing violence, major threats in the future point to the alienation of Jews from religious life and social engagement.
“The benefit of this conference is that we have learned how interconnected we are globally. A problem that begins in one part of the world very quickly becomes a problem in another part of the world,” said Eric Goldstein, CEO of UJA-Federation of New York.
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It’s working through its longtime partner, the Afya Foundation, to ship materials to a hospital in the city of Aquin.
It is deploying ventilators, manufactured in Israel, to hospitals in Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
Homebound elderly Jews in the former Soviet Union will be able to participate in holiday activities via specially outfitted smartphones.
Programs and videos sponsored by the JDC will include participants from Cuba, Hungary, India, Morocco, Russia, Ukraine and Israel.
