Survey suggests 78% of European Jewish leaders feel less safe than 10 months ago “The grim impact of Oct. 7 on Jewish communities in Europe is fully reflected in this study,” said Ariel Zwang, CEO of the JDC. David Swindle July 22, 2024
Faced with a Jewish world in crisis, know that we’re made for this moment When at-risk populations are empowered, they can become engines for strengthening families, communities and societies. Ariel Zwang March 28, 2024
JDC continues to provide crisis care in Ukraine as third year of war begins “Losing jobs, family members and continued displacement is combined with the harshest reality that people face: increased sirens, alerts and attacks,” says Inna Vdovichenko, JDC’s representative in Odessa. Feb. 19, 2024
Groups deliver New Year staples to thousands of Jews in Ukraine Hundreds of the neediest Jews across the former Soviet Union will also receive such packages for the holidays, starting before Rosh Hashanah. Sept. 7, 2023
IsraAID, JDC, Chabad assist Ukrainians on the ground in wake of dam flooding “The Jewish community became a center for everyone. It is a light to the nations,” Rabbi Yosef Wolff, director of the Jewish Community of Kherson Chabad, told JNS. Rachel Avraham June 8, 2023
One year into the war, Jewish humanitarian efforts remain in full throttle in Ukraine On the ground, Internet access and cash are luxuries, and “life happens between sirens,” Inna Vdovichenko, JDC’s representative in Odessa, told JNS. Mike Wagenheim Feb. 23, 2023
International Fellowship pledges $4 million to aid Ukrainian Jews The group has already distributed more than $30 million and helped 5,000 Jews immigrate to Israel. Feb. 23, 2023
Ukraine’s Jews escape trauma to new lives in Israel More than 5,000 olim have made aliyah from Moldova since the start of the war. Israel Kasnett Feb. 19, 2023
JDC works with Turkey’s local community, global Jewry to bring relief to quake victims “In the midst of all this wreckage and all of this ... wetness and dirt and smoke and dust, you see this glimmer of hope,” Jewish disaster-relief expert Leora Wine tells JNS. Mike Wagenheim Feb. 15, 2023
