World Jewish Relief (WJR), is a British charitable organisation and the main Jewish overseas aid organisation in the United Kingdom. From 1933 the organisation helped Jewish refugees from Europe emigrate and settle in Palestine. Israel’s first president, Chaim Weizmann was one of the organisation’s founding members. Currently, World Jewish Relief functions as a British development organisation. World Jewish Relief operates programmes mainly in the former Soviet Union but also in Eastern Europe, Africa, and Asia. It works with Jewish and non-Jewish communities.
