Zhitomer, Ukraine – Following a month of terror in war-torn Lugansk, some 250 Jewish refugees have arrived safely at Ukraine’s first Jewish refugee camp located on the grounds of Chabad-Lubavitch of Zhitomer.
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CHABAD.org (http://bit.ly/1oLtXBh) reports that the camp, organized by Rabbi Sholom Gopin from Chabad-Lubavitch of Lugansk, will serve as a resting spot, albeit a temporary one, for Jews from Lugansk and surrounding towns who were forced to flee on short notice, many leaving family members and relatives behind.
Gopin said, “This is the biggest Jewish refugee crisis in Ukraine since World War II. The Jews of our community left everything behind.They have no homes, no jobs, no money. Many still have family stuck in Lugansk.”
Gopin said an estimated 1,000 Jewish refugees have fled Lugansk to date, with many also relocating to Kharkov, Kiev, and Odessa.
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