“We watch with anguish and despair as the peo­ple of Ukraine face war, loss of life, and the prospect of loss of land, and loss of free­dom.

Ukraine is a sov­er­eign state and its peo­ple have the absolute right to deter­mine their future. The mil­i­tary con­quest of anoth­er state’s ter­ri­to­ry under the pre­text that the invad­er is pro­tect­ing inhab­i­tants of the same eth­nic­i­ty, has a dark and sin­is­ter his­to­ry. It is dif­fi­cult to com­pre­hend how such acts could be con­tem­plat­ed by the Russ­ian Fed­er­a­tion, which has itself known such dev­as­ta­tion from for­eign invaders.

Russia’s actions are a fla­grant vio­la­tion of the most basic norms of inter­na­tion­al law and con­sti­tute a clear breach of inter­na­tion­al peace and secu­ri­ty.

We express our deep con­cerns for the Jew­ish com­mu­ni­ty in Ukraine and hope that all Ukraini­ans remain res­olute in the face of these grave chal­lenges and take com­fort in the knowl­edge that the world is with them.”

Con­tact
Alex Ryvchin | Co-CEO
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