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Jewish community in Frankfurt “deeply concerned”
The Jewish community in Frankfurt is also currently officially supporting refugees on their arrival in Germany. “We are all deeply concerned about the situation in Ukraine. Many of our community members are originally from Ukraine and some still have families in the area,” says Michaela Fuhrmann from the Jewish Community in Frankfurt. “We are currently receiving concerned reports and inquiries from community members whose relatives are fleeing.”
The sports club Makkabi, well connected with its partner organizations in Europe including Ukraine, has set up an aid network to help and convince refugees who have managed to get out of Ukraine to continue their journey. “The day after this first action, I suddenly had 700 inquiries on WhatsApp,” reports Boris Schulman from the Frankfurt Makkabi board. His parents immigrate from Ukraine themselves. “We’re doing what we can, but we’re reaching our limits.”
According to the Frankfurt-based Central Welfare Office for Jews in Germany, 45 percent of the members of the Jewish community in Germany have Ukrainian roots.