The Jewish community in Canada has now raised $4 million for Ukraine—and it’s preparing for the imminent arrival of refugees
The Canadian Jewish community continues to respond to the war in Ukraine, donating funds and preparing to welcome refugees when they arrive here. As of March 10, Jewish federations across Canada had combined to raise almost $4 million to support crisis response efforts in Ukraine. The funds are going to the Jewish Agency for Israel […]
From hamantashen to art shows, Canadians find creative ways to help Ukraine
Michael Rubenfeld, who was born in Winnipeg but now lives in Krakow, Poland, where he runs a Jewish art gallery, got an urgent message from a colleague in Canada on Feb. 24, the day that Russia invaded Ukraine. The colleague knew a Ukrainian paramedic who was trying to flee the country and asked if Rubenfeld […]
Montreal rabbis travel to the Ukrainian border to bear witness to immense human tragedy and tremendous generosity
Two Montreal rabbis who spent 48 hours in Poland near the Ukrainian border said they are shaken by the human suffering they had seen, but also heartened by the massive outpouring of generosity being shown by the Polish people to the hundreds of thousands of desperate people pouring into their country. Speaking by video call […]
Canadian Jewish federations have raised over $1 million for Ukraine (with donations still arriving)
When Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 23, Canadian Jewish federations, like other philanthropies around the world, set up emergency fundraising as soon as the fighting started. As of March 3, well over $1 million had been raised, and that number is still climbing every day. But what set the Canadian Jewish community’s efforts apart from […]
Eliezer Sherbatov is the Canadian hockey player who escaped from ‘a real war’ in Ukraine
Canadian hockey player Eli Sherbatov escaped the war in Ukraine with just a backpack, after bombs fell near his team’s hotel Thursday Feb. 24. 2022.
Canadian Jews are opening their hearts (and their wallets) for Ukrainian Jews now facing war
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resulting hardships for Jewish families resonated across Canada over the weekend, as rabbis heard about a Shabbat spent sheltering in basements and bunkers while the sounds of fighting were in the air outside. Rabbi Eli Mandel, the vice-principal of TanenbaumCHAT high school in Toronto, lived in Ukraine for two […]
Ukraine emergency appeals have been activated by Jewish federations across Canada
Jewish federations across Canada have launched emergency fundraising appeals to support Ukrainian communities under attack after a Russian invasion began Feb. 23. “The entire country faces chaos, scarcity and political violence and members of Ukraine’s Jewish community are especially vulnerable,” UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and Montreal’s Federation CJA, said in an email to community […]
Canadian lawyer fights to restore Ukrainian mass grave
Mark Freiman, a former deputy attorney-general of Ontario and the last president of the Canadian Jewish Congress, is taking it upon himself to restore a Jewish cemetery in the Ukraine.
Your Daily Spiel For June 29
Ivanka Trump donates US$50,000 to help migrant children, one of the five journalists killed in a shooting at the Capital Gazette in Maryland was Jewish, volunteers rescue dozens of Jewish headstones.
Odesa-born artist always looking for original way of self-expression
Valentine Ioppe identifies as an abstract realist, though he says he does not feel that his art can truly fit into any one artistic movement.
