DNEPROPETROVSK, Ukraine (JTA) — Several hundred Jews braved sub-freezing temperatures to receive aid packages at the synagogue of the besieged city of Lugansk.
The distribution of basic necessities on Wednesday by administrators from the east Ukrainian city’s Jewish community drew approximately 300 recipients, who stood in line for over an hour in sub-freezing temperatures, the community’s rabbi and Chabad emissary to Lugansk, Shalom Gopin, told JTA.
“That so many came despite the cold, illustrates the growing needs for assistance in a beleaguered community,” he said. “Winter is only worsening the situation of people who are already finding it increasingly difficult to scrape …read more
Source: JTA
