In San Francisco, a major Jewish philanthropic organization has fundraised $3.2 million, with more donations still coming, to provide emergency relief to Ukrainians staying in Ukraine, and those that are fleeing as refugees.
Sisisky traveled to Warsaw and the border of Poland and Ukraine last week with the Federation's board chair, Arthur Slepian, and the other Jewish community professionals from across the country to "both bring solidarity and support from the Bay Area Jewish community, and to bear witness to the atrocities taking place at the border," Sisisky said.
The Federation's longstanding partner that has teams on the ground in Poland is the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, better known as the JDC.booth is one of the first things refugees see when they cross the border into Poland. They're offered emergency supplies, food, water, medicine, transportation, and housing, provided by JDC.
"This is a crisis that impacts women disproportionately," Sisisky noted, as able-bodied Ukrainian men ages 18-60 are required to stay in Ukraine and fight. Seven-year-old Gemma of San Francisco was one of the earliest donors, giving $9, her savings from her allowance. To date, more than 1,100 people have donated.
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