Members of the Jewish congregation of Temple Emanu-El of NYC traveled to the Ukraine-Poland border recently, to bring comfort, bear witness and share their findings with others.
What they saw and learned amid their travels has stayed with them since.
The rabbi went on,"Together we will bring much-needed supplies, offer comfort to those fleeing the war — and bear witness both to the suffering and to the extraordinary efforts of the agencies offering relief from that suffering." A local resident is shown walking through the destroyed second floor of her multi-generational home while searching for salvageable items in April, in Hostomel, Ukraine, outside the city of Kyiv.
Bell added how important it was for the rabbi to share that the temple's team would"bear witness to the extraordinary efforts" of the relief efforts toward these people. "There are about 5 million people who have left Ukraine," said Bell. Some"3.5 million of them went to Poland."The group from Temple Emanu-El brought duffel bags filled with donated supplies from temple members for the desperate Ukrainians who have fled for their lives, said Bell.
Rabbi Davidson of Temple Emanu-El devoted a portion of a recent Friday service to tell the story of a congregational mission to Ukraine, which he led among members of his temple.He added,"The part about bearing witness — that's what really resonated with me and with everyone in our group. In part, that's maybe a Jewish reaction in a world where," said Bell."We wanted to go there so that we could then come back and tell other people what we saw.
But when the young Ukrainian mother"recounted the story of her decision to leave, she was in tears with us," said Gerber. for the Ukrainians," she said —"but the Russians were still shooting at Ukrainians," she said."The green corridors were supposed to be safe evacuation zones for the Ukrainians." , some papers — but not much more."They left behind laptops, photographs, all of their treasured items," said Gerber.
She said she spent time drawing and coloring with some of the young children in one of the shelters —"and they were just having a lighthearted, friendly conversation as they were drawing."
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