Last year, the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) regularly sent Russian-speaking volunteers to Eastern Europe to help Ukrainian refugees. Starting from November 2022, JFNA volunteers began to work with refugees who settled in Barcelona (Spain). This refugee assistance program is carried out…
“These days, when Jews around the world light candles in memory of the wonder of the world and the resilience of our people, we think about Ukrainian Jews and the trials they have had to endure this year,” the president and executive...
On December 19, at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, in the presence of Polish President Andrzej Duda, a ceremony of lighting Hanukkah candles will be held, in which immigrants from Ukraine living in Poland will take part. Singer and musician Yuri Vedenyapin, Yiddish teacher at…
The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) for the first time will send Russian-speaking and Ukrainian-speaking volunteers to Moldova, Spain and the Czech Republic to work with refugees from Ukraine. Volunteers of Jewish federations have been working in Poland and Hungary since March of this year. Volunteering is expanding in response to requests...
The Jewish Federations of North America have decided to allocate an additional $7 million to provide emergency assistance to Ukraine. Humanitarian assistance to 22 Ukrainian Jews will be provided through the Joint Distribution Committee of American Jews. The allocated funds will be used to purchase and distribute blankets and…
After a three-year hiatus caused by the pandemic, more than 1200 leaders of Jewish communities in North America gathered on October 30 in Chicago, Illinois for a three-day General Assembly of Jewish Federations. The conference will determine the unified agenda of the Jewish community for the coming year, and will also host…
On September 21, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid met in New York with the leaders of the Jewish Federations of North America and the Conference of Presidents of Leading American Jewish Organizations. The leaders of the Jewish communities of North America thanked the head of government for paying attention to the Jewish diaspora on the eve of…
Six months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Jewish Federations of North America published a report on the results of an emergency fundraising campaign to help Ukraine. A total of $73,5 million in donations were collected. These funds are directed to more than 50 non-governmental…