Go here to donate to Project Kesher.
HIAS
HIAS, formerly the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, is an American Jewish nonprofit that assists refugees around the world.
A HIAS representative said in an email that a mission will arrive on the ground in Moldova this weekend; it has already sent money to Jewish organizations in those countries who have been taking in Ukrainian refugees.
HIAS is also rushing emergency funding to its longtime partner organization in Ukraine, the Kyiv-based NGO Right To Protection (R2P), which has 162 staff members on the ground.
Click here to learn more and click here to donate.
ORT
ORT, a 100-year-old international education network driven by Jewish values, has five schools and two affiliated schools in Ukraine serving over 8,000 students. With those schools closed, ORT is focusing on providing food and emergency supplies.
Go here to donate to ORT’s emergency fund.
Chabad-Lubavitch Ukraine Relief Fund and the Mishpacha Orphanage
Dnipro, Ukraine is the home to the largest Chabad center in the world, with over 100 Lubavitch families calling it home.
And in Odessa, where Chabad runs several orphanages, the city’s chief rabbi Rabbi Avraham Wolf said he was staying partly to protect the 120 children who live there.
You can donate to Rabbi Wolf’s orphanage here.
Additionally, Chabad is collecting money for Ukraine relief, and you can donate here.
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
The JDC, a leading Jewish humanitarian organization, is also raising money for Ukraine. According to its website, JDC provides a variety of care services for an estimated 40,000 Jewish elderly and 2,500 poor Jewish children across 1,000 locations in Ukraine.
“In the tense months leading up to the current crisis, JDC was already addressing dire economic needs among Ukraine’s poorest Jews in the face of sharply rising food, medicine, and utility prices,” the website says. In light of the Russian invasion, JDC is coordinating further services to the needy.
Learn more and donate to the AJC here.
World Union for Progressive Judaism
The World Union for Progressive Judaism, which is the international network of the Reform, Liberal, Progressive and Reconstructionist movements, has launched a Ukraine crisis fund.
According to the organization’s website, donated “money will be spent on individuals and communities to ensure their safety and well-being.”
Go here to donate to the WUPJ Ukraine Crisis Fund.
Survivor Mitzvah Project
The Survivor Mitzvah Project provides emergency aid to Holocaust survivors in Eastern Europe living in poverty. According to the nonprofit’s website, 100% of donated money goes to those survivors.
Orthodox Union
The OU, the flagship organization of Orthodoxy in America, has created a crisis fund to support Jews in Ukraine.
Go here to donate: https://www.ou.org/ukraine/.
The Jewish Agency for Israel
The Jewish Agency for Israel is in the process of setting up Aliyah processing stations along the Ukrainian Border in Poland, Moldova, Romania and Hungary. A press release from the Jewish Agency says it is preparing to temporarily house olim in those countries.
