EU Refugee Crisis

Russian Jewish billionaire Yuri Milner pledges $100 million for Ukrainian refugee relief

A dual Russian and Israeli citizen who lives in California, Milner, and his wife Julia, are best known in the world of philanthropy.

|ByASAF SHALEV/JTA
Julia Milner and Yuri Milner attend the 2020 Breakthrough Prize Red Carpet at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, Nov. 3, 2019.
Jewish men wait for breakfast at the refugee camp in Irshava, Ukraine, April 5, 2022.

Refugees with jacuzzis: The surreal life of 200 Jews at a 4-star resort in wartime Ukraine

This four-star riverside resort-turned refugee camp features a kosher kitchen and accommodates about 200 Jews from across Ukraine.

|ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
Couple sits covered with a blanket as refugees and migrants camp on a road following a fire at the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos

Collapse of Afghanistan calls back to similar past refugee crises

Whenever large numbers of refugees or asylum seekers, or economic migrants, show up in a new country it is bound to cause tension.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A Palestinian boy walks past a drawing by British graffiti artist Banksy

Banksy to sell paintings to raise $1 million for a Bethlehem hospital

The trio of paintings is Banksy's critical response to the ongoing refugee crisis. They are titled "Mediterranean Sea View 2017."

|ByTOBIAS SIEGAL

Another Tack: Not created equal

Facts will never be allowed to interfere with popular prejudice – not so long as any refugee episode can be linked to some Jewish aspect or another.

FEBRUARY 21, 2013BySARAH HONIG
Hijacked refugee picture 370