The JCCSF’s Rabbi Batshir Torchio talks with Warsaw-based Aleksandra Mukuch, Associate Director, Taube Center for Jewish Life & Learning and Marta Saracyn, CEO of the JCC in Warsaw about the Ukrainian aid response in Poland.

Since the conflict in Ukraine began four months ago, more than 8 million Ukrainian refugees – mainly women and children – have fled to safety in neighboring countries bordering Ukraine on the west. Poland has taken in more than half of these. Seemingly overnight, the population of Warsaw, the capital, has grown by nearly 20 percent. Krakow has seen an almost 25% increase.

As we witness one of the fastest displacements the world has ever seen, hear about efforts to provide vital support, including shelter and trauma counseling, to the millions of Ukrainians now living in Poland, from several community leaders on the ground. Rabbi Batshir Torchio, Senior Jewish Educator of the JCCSF, recently returned from Warsaw where she and her daughter, Renée had the opportunity to offer support and deepen connection between the JCCs.