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Ukrainian refugees

Maria Litichevska and her son, Mark, fled Ukraine in the days following Russia's attack in February 2022. (Photo/Courtesy Litichevska).
Posted inBay Area

With years of experience, local Jewish agencies assist Ukrainian refugees

by Sue Fishkoff September 30, 2022October 3, 2022

On Feb. 28, four days after Russia launched its war on Ukraine, Kyiv resident Maria Litichevska and her 10-year-old son grabbed two small suitcases she had prepared with documents, photos […]

Volunteer translator Zhenya Leonov (right) helps volunteer attorney Nick Keats (center) talk to a woman who recently arrived from Ukraine at a legal services clinic at JFCS San Francisco in 2022.
Posted inBay Area

Former refugees in Bay Area pay it forward by helping new Ukrainian arrivals

by Sue Fishkoff September 30, 2022September 30, 2022
Rabbis and cantors from the U.S. took supplies on a trip to see how the JCC in Krakow is responding to the humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Ukraine.
Posted inBay Area

‘It’s a privilege’: Bay Area rabbis in Poland bear witness to Ukrainian refugee crisis

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 21, 2022April 27, 2022
a woman in a face mask stands in an airport with an unidentified man and three luggage carts piled high with luggage
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56 suitcases and a ticket to Warsaw: One Bay Area woman’s Ukraine relief effort

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman and Forward March 24, 2022
Israel Sabag (right) handles a busload of Ukrainian refugees that also included an elderly Pekinese (left). (Photo/Forward)
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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

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