Humanitarian Response
When conflict or disaster strikes, we respond immediately through local partners, providing people and communities with life-saving assistance.
This winter, Ukrainians need you more than ever. Will you help save lives and keep them warm?
Donate TodayThis winter, Ukrainians face no heating, power, or hope as war rages. Older Jewish people are freezing in darkness, unable to cook or store medicines. With your help, World Jewish Relief will fund warm hubs, repair homes, and provide essentials. Will you help save lives and keep them warm?
We work with local partners across the globe to share expertise and respond to emergencies.
When conflict or disaster strikes, we respond immediately through local partners, providing people and communities with life-saving assistance.
We support Jewish communities in crisis worldwide, including Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Poland, Russia, Belarus, Uganda, Ethiopia, and Israel, with a focus on older Jews of the Survivor Generation.
Through job-specific skills training and mentorship, we enable people to transform their earning potential, recover their livelihoods and gain independence.
Inspired by our heritage, we support thousands of refugees across the whole of the UK with employment and integration.
Supported 142,142 people
Worked in 21 countries
Worked with 100 partners across the world
Thousands of people are hit by disasters each year. By donating towards our disaster recovery work, you can ensure that the next time an emergency hits, we can respond rapidly.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February we have been supporting our 29 partners across the country as they do everything they can to protect their communities in the face of active conflict.
Celebrating a birthday, bar mitzvah, wedding or special occasion? Why not ask your friends to donate to World Jewish Relief and make a real difference to the lives of people in need.
No matter the size, leave a gift to us in your will and help future generations survive the consequences of conflict and disaster. Together, we can take life-saving action.
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World Jewish Relief was established as the Central British Fund for German Jewry in 1933 to help refugees from Nazi-Europe, and we succeeded in bringing around 65,000 Jewish refugees to safety.
We have names of over 315,000 people who contacted us for help, as well as records for the 65,000 refugees we supported throughout the 1930s and 1940s.
Your family history may be in our files.
One year into our new strategy, our mission remains front and centre of everything we do. We exist to provide life-saving and life-changing action to those experiencing crisis and conflict around the world.
Working in 21 countries, we have this year had a positive impact on more than 140,000 people. This simply wouldn’t have been possible without the steadfast determination of our colleagues, Trustees, and of course, our supporters. We remain truly grateful for your ongoing trust and commitment to our work.
Wildfires have been devastating large parts of Los Angeles since January 7, destroying homes, lives, and livelihoods. Our hearts go out to the Jewish community who have lost personal and communal property, alongside all those who are affected beyond the community. In response, World Jewish Relief is contributing to relief efforts to support displaced people and provide day camps for children.
For 15 months, the hostages and their families have continually been in our thoughts. For 15 months, they have suffered unimaginable trauma. The release of three hostages yesterday, including one British-Israeli, was an emotional first step, but we anxiously await the return of the remaining 30 people set to be released during phase one of the ceasefire. At the same time, we mourn deeply all those who have lost their lives, and we hope and pray for the safe return of the hostages that remain in Gaza. The last 471 days have caused immense suffering for Israelis and Palestinians, and we hope that this ceasefire will allow for peace and security in the region, the return of all remaining hostages, and essential humanitarian aid to continue at pace in Gaza.
World Jewish Relief, the Jewish community’s humanitarian agency, is thrilled to announce His Majesty has retained his patronage of the charity, following a review of the Patronages of the Royal Household. His Majesty has served as the Royal Patron of World Jewish Relief since 2015, actively engaging in multiple aspects of its work and mission.