These two rabbis from the Five Towns visited Poland to meet with Ukrainian Jewish refugees

With the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, a delegation of rabbis, the North American Board of Rabbis, led by three from Nassau County, went on a five-day mission to Poland last week to deliver a Torah scroll to Ukrainian Jewish refugees.

The trip was led by Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum, president of NABOR, rabbi Emeritas of Temple Israel of Lawrence and rabbi to the office of County Executive Bruce Blakeman.

Rabbi Steven Graber of Temple Hillel of North Woodmere and Rabbi Art Vernon of Congregation Shaaray Shalom of West Hempstead, were also part of the rabbinical delegation. 

The rabbis met with Poland’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, to discuss the challenges NATO has faced due to the war in Ukraine and its effects on the world.

While meeting in Warsaw at the Ukrainian Embassy with Ukraine’s Deputy Ambassador to Poland and representatives of the Polish Government, the rabbis presented an American Torah as a sign of support.

The Ukrainian Ambassador will bring the Torah to a congregation of refugees.

NABOR is the only national rabbinical organization comprised of rabbis of every branch of Judaism.