Ukraine Crisis 2022
The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh has raised $1.67 million and has used $400,000 of our $500,000 match to date.
Two nights ago, our Board Chair Dave Sufrin and I returned from a national Federation leadership mission to Warsaw and the Ukraine border.
In Ukraine right now, home to an estimated 200,000 Jews when fighting began, the needs are extraordinary.
The challenges following a tragedy are especially difficult for immigrants.
An unusual mid-fiscal year disbursement of Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh Community Campaign funds gives $74,000 total: half to Jewish Pittsburgh, half to Ukraine relief.
For the next 5 to 10 minutes, she cried in front of us, and like Omicron, her weeping spread fast to the rest of us.
What will happen between Russia and Ukraine is anyone’s guess.