The Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego extends its support to the people of Ukraine during this unpredictable time of political and economic crisis. Ukraine has one of the largest Jewish populations in the world, estimated to be around 300,000. There are approximately 17,000 Jews in Crimea.
The impact of this crisis on the weakest members of society, including thousands of elderly Jews, is devastating. As a result, the needs across the Jewish community are growing significantly.
If you would like to make a grant from your fund to contribute toward relief efforts, the following organizations are providing aid on the ground.
Jewish Federation of San Diego
The Jewish Federation is directing urgent support to Jews in Ukraine. 100% of the funds granted will support those in need. Jewish Federations of North America and its global partners, including World ORT and the Jewish Agency, continue to assess the evolving situation on the ground.
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) has activated its emergency response network aimed at helping the neediest within Crimea’s ethnically mixed peninsula’s Jewish community to ensure continued home deliveries of food, medicine, heating and cooking fuel, and sustained life-saving care at home for the elderly. Having worked in the region since 1924, JDC has also increased security at select Jewish communal institutions and Hesed social welfare centers.
