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Jul 8, 2015

Leaving Retirement to Help Fellow Refugees

Roman Dubovskoy was a retired psychologist living comfortably with his wife, four children, and in-laws at their home in Lugansk, Ukraine when fighting erupted last August. Suddenly, they were forced to flee  231 miles to Zaporozhye, where all eight of them now must live together under one …

Jul 8, 2015

Safety From Fear and Violence

When fighting broke out in Donetsk, Ukraine between the government and separatist forces last year, Raisa Libenson believed she and her family would be safe at home.

It wasn’t until a mortar shell tore through the walls and furniture of her apartment, leaving the 78-year-old temporarily d…

Jul 8, 2015

No Village Too Remote

“Why did every house crumble?” Surveying the destruction around him, even a mason like Dunnbahabur couldn’t quite fathom the totality of the damage the earthquakes brought to Bhumlichowk, his village in Nepal. In the neighborhood where he lives with his wife and four children, all 20 h…

Jul 6, 2015

Jewish Community Legacy Project has helped 40 small Jewish communities

The Jewish Community Legacy Project, funded in part by Federations, has helped 40 small Jewish communities respond to challenges posed by changing demographics.


Recently, JCLP helped an aging congregation outside Pittsburgh transition its real estate assets to an endowment at the Pittsbur…

Jul 6, 2015

Federations and Philanthropy News Update, July 6, 2015

Jewish Federations will join with 43 other nonprofit organizations in calling for presidential candidates to support keeping the federal charitable tax deduction intact. Federation-funded Jewish Agency shares disappointment over Israeli cabinet vote to overturn a landmark proposal that would…

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