Nui nā Israeli Ukrainian hou: Auwe!

He haʻawina kēia i waiho ʻia i uē.huakaʻi pono e kaʻana like. ʻO ke kaua ma Ukraine hoʻi e lawe mai i ka hapa maikaʻi loa o nā kānaka.

E wehewehe ana i ka holo ʻana o nā Iudaio Ukrainian i ko lākou ʻāina home hiki ke lilo i kamaʻāina koke o ka ʻIseraʻela. Hāʻawi ʻia kēia moʻolelo iā Rabi David-Seth Kirshner.

I ka makahiki 1979, 43 makahiki aku nei, ua hele ʻo Ilan (ʻo ia ʻo Cliff Halperin) i ka USSR me Kyiv a me Yalta, ma Crimea, e ʻimi i nā Soviet Jews i noi e neʻe a paʻa ʻia e nā Soviets. (Refuseniks). ʻO kāna keiki, he kauka i kēia manawa ma Ierusalema, ʻo ʻErez.

Eia kahi nūhou i hoʻouna ʻia e Rabi David Kirshner mai New Jersey i hoʻi mai nei mai kahi misionari kanaka hale pule.

Heluhelu ʻia ka nūhou:

ʻO kēia lā ko mākou lā hope loa ma kā mākou misionari aloha kanaka. He mea hemolele ka noho ʻana me nā lālā o kā mākou alakaʻi ʻo Kaplen JCC, Congregation Ahavath Torah, a me ka JFNNJ. Ua aʻo au mai kēlā me kēia ʻuhane me mākou a he mea kūikawā kēia manawa o ka lokahi. Manaʻo wau e hana hou ʻia e like me ka hiki. 

Ua haʻalele mākou iā Krakow i ke kakahiaka nui ma ke kaʻaahi wikiwiki i Warsaw. Hāʻawi mākou i kā mākou mau lako a me nā mea ʻai i ka Archdiocese Kiosk i kūkulu ʻia ma ke kahua kaʻaahi e hāʻawi i nā poʻe e komo mai ana i loko o ka pilikia o ka poʻe mahuka. 

I ka hōʻea ʻana i Warsaw, hele koke mākou i ka Focus Hotel, kokoke i ke kikowaena o Warsaw. He hōkele 4-hōkū nani kēia me nā hale hoʻokipa maikaʻi, nā lako hana hou, a me ka Wi-Fi maikaʻi. ʻO ka hōkele, a me 4 mau mea ʻē aʻe, ua hoʻolimalima ʻia e ka JDC a me JAFI e hale i nā poʻe i ʻike he Iudaio a ua holo i Ukraine me ka manaʻolana e hoʻolilo iā Aliyah i ka ʻIseraʻela. 

ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hōkele ma mua o ka hapa nui o nā Ukrainians i ʻike. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i mahuka ʻaʻole i hele i waho. ʻO ia hoʻi ʻaʻole lākou i haʻalele i ko lākou ʻāina! He mea maikaʻi kēia no ka nui o lākou.

Ma ka hōkele, ma kahi o 300-400 ka poʻe e noho manuahi ana. ʻOiai ma laila, ua hoʻokumu ke aupuni ʻIseraʻela i kahi haukapila, piha i nā limahana a ua hoʻokumu pū i kahi consulate mobile e hoʻokō wikiwiki i ka kamaʻāina no kēlā me kēia kanaka.

Ua kokoke i kēlā me kēia lā nā huakaʻi i ʻIseraʻela - ʻo ka hapa nui i hoʻolimalima ʻia - me kahi 220 poʻe ma luna o ka moku. I ka hōʻea ʻana i ʻIseraʻela, loaʻa koke iā lākou kahi Passport Israeli a loaʻa iā lākou ke kamaʻāina piha. A laila hele lākou i kahi kikowaena absorption e hoʻomaka ana i ke kaʻina hana o ka hoʻohui ʻana iā lākou i loko o ka hui Israeli.

Hana ʻia kekahi poʻe i nā lā ma Warsaw. ʻO nā mea ʻē aʻe e lōʻihi.

Ma ka hōkele, aia kahi pākahi o nā limahana mālama ola i lele mai ka ʻIseraʻela e hāʻawi i ke kōkua olakino. ʻO ka hope aʻe o ke kākoʻo olakino pono e mālama i ka manaʻo. ʻAʻole hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia ka ʻeha a me ke koʻikoʻi no nā keiki, nā pākeke, a me nā poʻe i haʻalele i nā mea aloha.

Ua hālāwai mākou me kahi kauka nāna i ʻōlelo, "e noʻonoʻo ʻoe, inā he Ukrainian ʻoe a he Iudaio, ua kapa ʻia ʻoe he laki, no ka mea hiki iā ʻoe ke komo i loko o kahi hōkele nani a hele i ka ʻIseraʻela." ʻAʻole pēlā i nā manawa a pau.

Ua hālāwai mākou me ʻelua mau kaikuahine ma ka hōkele nāna i hana ʻo Aliyah i ʻIseraʻela ma kahi o 20 mau makahiki i hala akā ua noho kā lākou 'mamma' ma Kyiv. I ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ke kaua, ua lele koke lākou i Warsaw. Me ke kōkua o JDC a me JAFI a me JFNA, ua puka ka 'mamma' i 2 mau lā i hala. Ua hui hou nā kaikuahine me ko lākou makuahine ʻelemakule. Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ia i ka manawa e hana ai iā Aliyah a noho hou me kāna mau kaikamahine. 

Ua ʻike mākou i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe he nui i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ko mākou mau maka. ʻO ka mea paʻa loa iaʻu he kaikamahine 3 makahiki ʻo Mira kona inoa, e kali ana ʻo kona makuahine e hoʻopiha ana i nā pepa nona a nona iho a me kona kaikuahine pēpē. I ko māua kali ʻana, hauʻoli māua ʻo Mira i ka pāʻani leʻaleʻa o "hāʻawi mai iaʻu i ʻelima… ʻIke ʻia, he ʻakaʻaka kēlā ma nā ʻōlelo āpau! 

A laila, ʻike mākou i kahi keiki 11 makahiki nani, hula me ka lauoho ʻulaʻula lōʻihi. Ua nani ʻo ia me ka nui o ka spunk a me ka moxie. Hoʻopau pinepine ʻo ia i ka unuhi ʻōlelo no ka wehewehe ʻana i kēlā me kēia ʻāpana o ka moʻolelo āna e haʻi nei he koʻikoʻi loa ia. 

Ua haʻi mai ʻo ia iā mākou, i ka wā i kani ai nā kani, hoʻopaʻa lākou i kahi ʻeke a haʻalele koke. ʻAʻole lākou i lawe mai i kā lākou pōpoki ʻohana, kapa ʻia ʻo Messi. Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i nā kikoʻī lōʻihi a weliweli o ka ʻeha o Messi a me ke ʻano o kona nalowale ʻana a loaʻa ʻia akā ʻo ia ka pōpoki hewa a me kona uē ʻana i kēlā me kēia pō me ka hopohopo no kāna pōpoki. Ua hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka ʻike ʻana ua loaʻa kāna pōpoki a hui hou ʻia me ia ma hope o kēia pule. 

Ua ʻai mākou i ka ʻaina awakea ma ka hōkele, me nā poʻe i komo i ka pilikia o ka poʻe mahuka. Hāʻawi ʻia lākou i 3 mau meaʻai wela i ka lā a me nā meaʻai maʻamau, nā mea āpau ma ka lilo o ke aupuni ʻIseraʻela. Kupaianaha!!

Mai ka hōkele ʻo Focus, hele mākou i ka JCC ma Warsaw. Ma laila mākou i hui ai me Magda Dorosz ʻo ia ke poʻo o Hillel Polani e aʻo e pili ana i kāna hana a me nā mea ʻē aʻe ma Warsaw e hana nei - he mea kupanaha.

Ma ka JCC Warsaw, ua hui mākou me kahi wahine ʻōpio i pakele ma Kyiv 2 mau pule i hala aku nei me kāna keikikāne e hana nei no Chabad. Manaʻo ʻo ia e hele i ʻIseraʻela a laila Kanada.

Ma hope o kēlā, hui mākou me Rabbi Michael Schudrich, Rabi Nui o Polani. Ua aʻo mākou e pili ana i ka hiʻohiʻona "he aha i kēia manawa - a he aha aʻe". Ua wehewehe ʻo Rabbi Schudrich i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ke kaua, ua hoʻokumu ʻia kahi Pūnaehana Hoʻokele Crisis ma waena o nā hui pūnaewele Iudaio Polani. Ua pilikia lākou a pau no ka mea ʻo ia ka manawa mua i nā makahiki 80 ʻaʻole i loko o ka 'pilikia' ka poʻe Iudaio o Polani a he ʻāpana o ka 'hoʻokele.' 

Ua aʻo mākou e pili ana i nā hoʻolālā no kahi Seder hui ma Warsaw no nā Iudaio kūloko a me nā kānaka mai Ukraine a me nā ala e hiki ai iā mākou ke kōkua mai Bergen County. Ma hope aku. Ua aʻo pū mākou e pili ana i nā hana ʻē aʻe a ke kaiāulu e komo ai e lawe i ke kākoʻo noʻonoʻo a me ka noʻonoʻo i ka poʻe i haʻalele iā Ukraine. 

I ka lā ʻapōpō, ma ke kakahiaka nui, kau mākou i ka mokulele e hoʻi i New Jersey. Hele mākou ma ʻaneʻi me 8740 lbs o nā mea waiwai. Hoʻi mākou me nā ukana ukana wale nō akā nui nā ʻeke manaʻo e hana. E lawe ana mākou i ka manawa e hana ai. 

Paipai wau iā ʻoe e hui pū me mākou i kēia Sābati i ka wā e hōʻike pōkole ai nā poʻe komo mai kā mākou misionari a me aʻu i kā mākou noʻonoʻo ʻana iā ʻoe a pehea mākou e neʻe ai i mua.

ʻike ʻoe he mea ʻole ia - akā ke hoʻohiki nei au he naʻau - ua hele pū kēlā me kēia me mākou i kēlā me kēia pae o kēia huakaʻi. I koʻu haʻi ʻia mai i kēia lā ua hōʻea mai kekahi mau kaukani paona lako i kēia lā ma Lviv a ma kekahi kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe ma Ukraine, kokoke i Mariupol, ua ʻakaʻaka ia i koʻu mau maka i ka ʻike ʻana ua hana ʻoe i kēlā mea. Mahalo.
Makemake au e ʻike ʻoukou a pau ʻaʻole ʻike palena ʻole ka mahalo mai ka poʻe o Ukraine A me ke alakaʻi a me ke kamaʻāina Polani. Mahalo iā ʻoukou no ka lilo ʻana i poʻe hemolele i ka hana hemolele. 

E pule no ka holo palekana i ka home no kākou a pau. E pule no ka palekana o ka poʻe i haʻalele iā Ukraine a me ka poʻe i laila. E pule no ka maluhia. E pule ʻoe e ʻalohilohi ka manaʻolana. 
Me ke aloha a me ka mahalo,

Rabi David-Seth Kirshner