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An elderly Jewish man in the Dnipro region of Ukraine stands before a delivery of firewood made by JDC as part of an effort to support Ukrainian Jews in advance of a punishing winter. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy JDC)
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With a dark winter looming in Ukraine, Jewish groups send generators and other support

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA November 15, 2022

Since Feb. 24, when Russian troops invaded Ukraine, Jewish groups from around the world have flooded the country with support, from food to medical care to evacuations. Now, as temperatures […]

Svetlana Niselevitch receives a haggadah for Passover from a JDC staff member outside her home in Odessa, Ukraine, April 8, 2022. (Photo/JTA-JDC)
Posted inWorld

Despite danger and disruption, Ukrainian Jews prepare to celebrate Passover in public seders

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA April 14, 2022
Israel Sabag (right) handles a busload of Ukrainian refugees that also included an elderly Pekinese (left). (Photo/Forward)
Posted inWorld

Meet Israel Sabag, the man finding shelter for Ukrainian refugees in Romania — and their pets

Larry Cohler-Esses by Larry Cohler-Esses and Forward March 15, 2022
A line of people stand near the Ukraine border
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At Moldovan border, Jews from Odessa wonder when they’ll be able to return home

by Jacob Judah and JTA March 8, 2022
Afghans crowd at the tarmac of the Kabul airport on Aug. 16, 2021, in an effort to flee the country as the Taliban retook control after 20 years. (Photo/JTA-AFP via Getty Images)
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Jewish humanitarian groups step in, or try to, as crises unfold in Haiti and Afghanistan

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA August 16, 2021
The author's father, James Rice, in 1946 at a camp housing Jewish orphans nicknamed New Palestine. (Photo/Courtesy Michael Rice)
Posted inOpinion

Saying goodbye to Trump’s immigration policy while remembering the Jewish refugees of post-war Europe

Michael Rice by Michael Rice December 15, 2020

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