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Jews from Ukraine arrive at a Jewish community center in Chisinau, Moldova, Feb. 25, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy of Pinchas Salzman)
Posted inWorld

Ways to help Jews in Ukraine

by J. Staff March 1, 2022March 7, 2022
Jews from Ukraine arrive at a Jewish community center in Chisinau, Moldova, Feb. 25, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy of Rabbi Pinchas Salzman)
Posted inBay Area

Ukrainian Jews in Bay Area living a ‘nightmare’ from afar

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 1, 2022March 2, 2022
Ethiopians are reunited with their families at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, Feb. 4, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Tomer Neuberg-Flash90)
Posted inWorld

Israel to speed up evacuations of Ethiopian Jews in midst of civil war

Shira Hanau by Andrew Lapin, Shira Hanau and JTA November 11, 2021
"Mohammed" with two of his five children in Concord, where the Afghan family was resettled by JFCS East Bay, October 2021. (Michael Fox/J.)
Posted inNews

Afghan refugee family starts new life in East Bay, with help of JFCS

Rachele Kanigel by Rachele Kanigel October 19, 2021October 19, 2021
Sean Mongoza as Gabriel in ChaiFlicks’ “Asylum City.” (Photo/Nati Levi)
Posted inTV & Film

African refugees in Israel, now actors, relive trauma in ‘Asylum City’

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz October 4, 2021October 5, 2021
Asylum seekers from Afghanistan reach Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates on Sept. 6, 2021. (Photo/JTA-IsraAID)
Posted inWorld

Israeli philanthropists help dozens flee Afghanistan for United Arab Emirates

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA September 22, 2021September 22, 2021
Mindy Berkowitz, Jewish Family Services of Silicon Valley executive director, speaks at a press conference on Sept. 13 with Santa Clara County Supervisor Susan Ellenberg (directly behind her) and others. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inUncategorized, Bay Area

Silicon Valley Jewish agency receives big funding boost to aid Afghan refugees

by Gabriel Greschler September 13, 2021September 14, 2021
A man holds a certificate acknowledging his work for Americans (center) as hundreds of people gather outside the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 17, 2021.  (Photo/RNS-AP)
Posted inBay Area

‘How are we going to survive?’ Jewish forum looks to support Afghan refugees

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 2, 2021
A vintage Rosh Hashanah greeting card
Posted inEditorial

We can each do our part to make 5782 a ‘Shanah tovah!’

by J. Editorial Board September 2, 2021
Afghan refugees' luggage sits at the Torrejon de Ardoz air base in Madrid, Spain, Aug. 24, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Jesus Hellin-Europa Press via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

After Afghanistan’s last Jew refused to leave, his would-be Jewish rescuers helped dozens of other Afghans escape instead

by Ron Kampeas and JTA August 27, 2021August 27, 2021

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