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Unprecedented Response and Collaboration: Preliminary Lessons from Jewish and Israeli Responses to the Crisis in Ukraine

Date: 2022

Topics: Main Topic: Other, NGOs, Charity / Tzedakah, Refugees, Conflict, Ukraine-Russia war (since 2014)

Abstract: OLAM is a network of Jewish and Israeli organizations working in the fields of global service, international development, and humanitarian aid. Many of OLAM’s partners, alongside other Jewish and Israeli organizations, are on the ground in Ukraine and in adjacent countries providing support and services to those who have been caught up in the war in that region. These organizations include legacy providers of humanitarian aid such as World Jewish Relief (WJR) and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC); Jewish engagement organizations catapulted into humanitarian action such as Chabad and Hillel in the Former Soviet Union; and Jewish-led grassroots networks providing personalized help. This report seeks to draw out preliminary lessons from the Jewish and Israeli efforts that have mobilized in response to this humanitarian emergency. Although the crisis remains ongoing and will likely continue to evolve over the coming months and years, this report seeks to provide initial insights on how Jewish groups have collaborated during the first three months of this crisis, and how they can collaborate most effectively in its next phases. It also seeks to capture wisdom gained through responses to this crisis that can inform how the Jewish community can respond to future crises in other parts of the world.