Yael Eckstein, president and CEO of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, told Fox News Digital that 'as the season of Passover approaches, a time similar to the very first Passover is taking place in Ukraine' for the Jewish people there.
Passover, commemorating the Jewish people's escape from slavery in Egypt, typically lasts 7 days. But this year in Ukraine, said Eckstein,"it is anything but festive" for all those desperately trying to flee their wartorn country.
A woman walks away from a damaged residential building in a suburb of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, where a military shell allegedly hit, on Feb. 25, 2022. Russian forces invaded Ukraine beginning Feb. 24, 2022. A resident looks for belongings in an apartment building destroyed during fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Borodyanka, Ukraine.She said thousands of"diverse people in Israel, from Christians to Orthodox Jews, turned out to mourn the death of an Arab Christian police officer who was killed while stopping a terrorist from shooting civilians in an orthodox Jewish town.
"Today, people are truly doing God’s work by joining together to bring food, medicine and other essentials to Ukrainian Jews who are unable to flee their war-torn country," she said. "On top of the 30 tons of food and medicine The Fellowship sends Ukraine weekly, we also shipped over five tons of matzoh so the Jewish community could celebrate this biblical holiday with the traditional unleavened bread," she said.
"The Passover season is rich with meaning and, this year especially, with deep appreciation … As the situation in Ukraine — a story of tragedy and tears, as well as a story of hope and heroism — unfolds, Jews are reflecting on the meaning of the first Passover, which promised freedom from slavery, tyrants and violence."
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