Posted on 02/27/2022 11:44:22 PM PST by Eleutheria5
All around Ukraine, non-Jews are seeking shelter from the war in Jewish communities' synagogues, out of a belief that the Russian army will not harm them.
According to Yediot Aharonot, since the start of the fighting in Ukraine, thousands of non-Jews have arrived at synagogues requesting shelter.
Rabbi Nachum Ehrentrau, rabbi of the city of Zaporizhia in southeastern Ukraine, said that anyone who asks to shelter in the synagogue is warmly welcomed.
"We are in an area where there is fighting," he said. "In the synagogue there are 350-400 people concentrated together, most of them Jews and also non-Jews who begged that we open the synagogue because we have a bomb shelter."
"It's not an official bomb shelter - it's a basement level which is encased in concrete," he explained. "This is a synagogue, and the Russians will not harm this place."
Rebbetzin Miriam Moskovitz, a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary in Kharkiv, said that the goal was to help any Ukrainian.
"A non-Jewish family came to us after their home went up in flames, and they have nowhere to live," she recounted. "The rabbi invited them to the synagogue. The entire day we received requests from non-Jews. A woman called us in tears in the middle of the night and asked, 'Bring me to the synagogue.'
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Phone video, not available on You Tube, Hebrew language narration
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Are there likely to be any Ukrainian Mosques?
If so, I’ll bet they aren’t throwing their doors open to all local refugees, especially not the Jewish ones.
I dunno. Maybe we should go ask?
Great seeing places open to help people stay safe. But too bad that Ukrainians wouldn’t let blacks on the trains.....they were left at the depot. Sadly enough.
I heard that and other foreigners had issues as well, also I wonder why their embassies did not timely get their people out. Regardless that was a big F up and heard it got fixed but Ukraine has a lot of support from all over, and can’t afford to have it cut because of bad perception.
Everyone is equal in a foxhole!
I have been deeply saddened by the conflict in Ukraine.
Our world has become so interdependent that violent conflict between two countries inevitably impacts the rest of the world. War is out-dated – non-violence is the only way. We need to develop a sense of the oneness of humanity by considering other human beings as brothers and sisters. This is how we will build a more peaceful world.
Problems and disagreements are best resolved through dialogue. Genuine peace comes about through mutual understanding and respect for each other’s wellbeing.
We must not lose hope. The 20th century was a century of war and bloodshed. The 21st century must be a century of dialogue.
I pray that peace is swiftly restored in Ukraine.
The Dalai Lama
February 28, 2022
Ukraine is 0.2% Jewish, but the current president, prime minister, other heads of state, government, and media are disproportionately Jewish. Heart strings are definitely being plucked by hidden forces, for less than obvious reasons.
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