The name—an abbreviation for Jewish Ukrainian Freundschaft—is inspired  by German industrial band Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft, who got their name from the GDR state organization Society for German–Soviet Friendship ().
The name, an abbreviation for Jewish Ukrainian Alliance, is modeled after the German industrial band Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft, which took its name from the GDR state organization Society for German–Soviet Friendship ().