(JTA) — The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews pledged $650,000 in emergency funding for Jews in the battle zones of eastern Ukraine.
The emergency funding will provide Jews from cities such as Dontesk and Mariupol, who are caught in the crossfire between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists, with medicine, food, housing and security, Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, IFJC founder and president, said on Sunday in a statement to JTA announcing the extra funds.
“We will do everything in our power and means so no Jew will be left homeless or starved,” he wrote. The sum will ensure thousands of food and medicine …read more
Source: JTA
