On February 24, UJA leadership approved an emergency grant of $3 million to support Ukraine’s 200,000 Jews, in partnership with the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI). On March 1, UJA-Federation of New York hosted a virtual real-time update on the situation, featuring experts from these partners.
Jewish community leaders tell Haaretz they are not currently preparing to leave Ukraine. ‘I cannot, as a rabbi, just pack my suitcases and go to Israel and leave everybody behind,’ says one situated close to the Russian border