Afghanistan
Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili)
September 20, 2023, 10:07 am
Jewish Pitt professor leads effort to help refugees and threatened scholars
The center has begun funding scholars inside Ukraine who could not or would not leave the country.
By Justin Vellucci
JFCS signage (Photo provided by JFCS)
May 4, 2022, 12:23 pm
Berkman family grant to help JFCS care for refugees
$300,000 was donated in honor of Hyman and Sarah Berkman, who were refugees to the United States from Lithuania.
Niamatullah Popal holds two of his children. He didn’t want to show the faces of his family or have his wife photographed out of concern for their safety. Photo by Allie Reefer.
May 2, 2022, 10:59 am
Afghan refugee recounts struggles, finding peace in Pittsburgh
"I don’t want to take my kids back there. I have a life now. I’m a father. We struggled a lot. I don’t want my kids in that darkness again. They should live in peace."
By David Rullo
Afghan refugee Farhad Ariai (right) was joined by interpreter Ahmad Yousofzay, JFCS President and CEO Jordan Golin and Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh President and CEO Jeff Finkelstein (left) during an April 14 press conference. Photo by David Rullo.
April 15, 2022, 12:04 pm
Local refugee recounts journey from Afghanistan to Pittsburgh
“We have to stretch our arms out and help as much as possible,” Finkelstein said.
By David Rullo
Matt Jaffe smiles at a baby at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan in a photo that went viral. (U.S. Central Command Sgt. Isaiah Campbell/U.S. Marine Corps)
September 15, 2021, 10:46 am
Jewish Marine who went viral cradling a baby got his start with kids at a JCC
"I’m just a Marine, same as the men and women I serve besides, doing a job to try and help people and protect people," Matt Jaffe said.
By Ron Kampeas
Despite spending years training Afghan security forces, the U.S. trained forces turned over Kabul and other cities to the Taliban when the U.S. pulled out of the country. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kenneth Jasik)
September 9, 2021, 11:47 am
When the Afghanistan chaos became personal
Trying to help an Afghan ally get out
By Brian Burke
Despite nearly two decades in Afghanistan, American forces have left the country leaving it to the Taliban, an organization it fought during its time in the country. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jorge A. Ortiz/ Released.
August 25, 2021, 3:59 pm
The Torah on my mind amidst the Afghanistan horror
Chaos, disaster, and incompetence are just a few of the words I can think of to describe the past several days.
By Brian Burke
Laura Landerman-Garber stands beside 8,000 cards to be sent to soldiers. Photo courtesy of Laura Landerman-Garber
August 19, 2021, 5:08 pm
Former Pittsburgher uses cards to remind soldiers their service matters
Drawings and notes boost morale during difficult times
By Adam Reinherz
Afghanistan's last Jew, Zebulon Simentov, blows a ram's horn at the sole synagogue in Kabul. (Massoud Hossaini/AFP via Getty Images via JTA)
August 19, 2021, 9:05 am
What we know about Zebulun Simantov, Afghanistan’s last Jew
He still won’t leave the country (or divorce his wife)
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Despite spending years training Afghan security forces, the U.S. trained forces turned over Kabul and other cities to the Taliban when the U.S. pulled out of the country. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kenneth Jasik)
August 18, 2021, 4:29 pm
JFCS helps resettle Afghan refugees in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is one of the cities identified to receive some of the 53,000 Afghan nationals who will arrive in the States as part of the Special Immigration Visa program.
By David Rullo
Despite nearly two decades in Afghanistan, American forces have left the country leaving it to the Taliban, an organization it fought during its time in the country. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jorge A. Ortiz/ Released.
August 18, 2021, 3:02 pm
The cost of disgrace is not cheap
'Afghanistan was America’s longest war,' Tobin writes. Like Vietnam, the superpower 'was defeated by a much weaker enemy.'
By Jonathan S. Tobin
Jennifer Murtazashvili in Baghdad Valley, Bamiyan Province in Afghanistan (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Murtazashvili)
August 17, 2021, 12:47 pm
Jewish Pitt professor helping former US workers leave Afghanistan
“There are lot of people who have worked against the Taliban who are enormously at risk, who stuck their head out and never expected it to happen this quickly."
President Joe Biden with President Ashraf Ghani and Chairman Abdullah Abdullah at the White House in June, 2021. (White House photo)
August 16, 2021, 2:40 pm
Jewish humanitarian groups try to help as crises unfold in Haiti and Afghanistan
American Jewish World Service, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee are offering assistance in Haiti; HIAS said it would work to help Afghans who make it to the U.S.
By Philissa Cramer
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