Украина – Euro-Asian Jewish Congress https://test.eajc.org Mon, 28 Mar 2022 20:27:04 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.1 EAJC Helps Moldova Jewish Community To Evacuate Refugees https://test.eajc.org/en/eajc-helps-moldova-jewish-community-to-evacuate-refugees/ Mon, 21 Mar 2022 19:19:10 +0000 https://test.eajc.org/?p=18002 The Jewish Community of the Republic of Moldova (JCRM) has organized 11 temporary accommodation centers for Ukrainian Jewish refugees all over the country. There they can receive necessary information, place to sleep and other conditions for their stay – as well as transport, food and personal hygiene products. According to chairman of the Jewish community of the Republic of Moldova and Euro-Asian Jewish Congress Vice President Alexandr Bilinkis, the Jewish community of Moldova acts in coordination with the government of Israel, Israel Embassy, The Jewish Agency and various religious organizations in Ukraine. The main goal of these actions is help to refugees with any possible assistance.

The Euro-Asian Jewish Congress has urgently provided significant financial assistance to the JCRM and helped to evacuate people from the war zone. Moldovan Jewish Community representatives expressed their gratitude to the EAJC leadership for the assistance.

We remind you that on the basis of the EAJC was opened a special fund for humanitarian aid to the Jews of Ukraine. Anyone can donate via bank transfer or on our website.

According to the UN, since the outbreak of the conflict, more than 3.3 million Ukrainians have leaved the country. Over the 360 thousand people fled to Moldova. Among them are thousands of Jews.

“This is a real humanitarian crisis. Thousands and thousands of people are leaving from explosions, from the war. At this difficult moment, the Jewish Community of the Republic of Moldova is accepting a huge number of refugees. Today we have thousands of refugees who come every day. Unfortunately, everything that happens today can’t be characterised only by one word. This is chaos and horror and human grief” – said chairman of the JCRM and EAJC Vice President Alexandr Bilinkis.

You can see the volunteers’ work with Ukrainian refugees in a special video:

]]> Dr. Haim Ben Yakov on the situation in Ukraine (Channel 14) https://test.eajc.org/en/dr-haim-ben-yakov-on-the-situation-in-ukraine-channel-14/ Mon, 07 Mar 2022 09:11:23 +0000 https://test.eajc.org/?p=18022 EAJC Director General Dr. Haim Ben Yakov took part in a special edition of the Israeli TV channel 14 program “Ahshav Knesset” (“Now the Knesset”) dedicated to the armed conflict on the territory of Ukraine. He spoke about the efforts made by the leaders of the Congress in the name of stabilizing the situation in the region and saving people’s lives. “In the current situation, when people die every day – hundreds, thousands of people – everything possible must be done to force the conflicting parties to calm down, to take a step back. Humanitarian assistance is also essential,” said Dr. Haim Ben Yakov.

He noted that from the very beginning of the escalation, influential people in Moscow and Washington have been trying to influence the parties to the conflict and are making every possible effort to achieve peace. “The President of the Congress, Dr. Michael Mirilashvili, is convinced that each of us must do at least something that he can – and even a little more – in the name of achieving peace,” the EAJC Director General added.

The recording of the program (in Hebrew) can be viewed on the EAJC Youtube channel:

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