Columbia Hillel mourns Yakov Shapiro, 30, an Israeli emissary of ‘joy and warmth’
After his military service, Shapiro staffed a Jewish Agency camp for children in Ukraine — a decision that confused his mother.
following the start of Russia's war in Ukraine, Yakov Shapiro traveled with the Jewish Agency to the Polish border to support refugees arriving from Ukraine.(photo credit: Courtesy Columbia/Barnard Hillel)ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
