Tuesday, March 29, 2022
US Jewish Community Gears Up to Assist Absorption of 100,000 Refugees from Russian Invasion of Ukraine
The US Jewish community is primed and ready to assist with the absorption of 100,000 refugees from the Russian invasion of Ukraine around the country, a senior official at the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) has said.
"Refugees from Ukraine will be going to places all over the country," Elana Broitman, a senior vice-president at the JFNA, told The Algemeiner on Monday. "Our federations are everywhere, along with various agencies, synagogues and individual lay people as well."
President Joe Biden announced last Thursday that the US would welcome 100,000 refugees fleeing from the Russian onslaught, now in its fifth week. Nearly 4 million Ukrainians have fled across the country's borders since the invasion, with another 6.5 million displaced internally.
Biden's announcement came on the heels of intensive advocacy by the JFNA and other humanitarian organizations for the US to open its borders to those fleeing the war in Ukraine, Broitman pointed out. In addition to accepting 100,000 refugees, the US has committed more than $1 billion for humanitarian assistance for Ukraine and an additional $320 million in funding for "democracy and human rights" projects in Ukraine and neighboring states.
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