Ukraine

Vandals draw swastikas on Ukrainian Holocaust memorial

Lviv City officials post security footage of anti-Semitic vandalism in bid to identify perpetrators.

Ukrainian city to hold festival in honor of Nazi collaborator

Ukrainian Jews condemn festival celebrating Nazi collaborator whose troops killed Jews on anniversary of major pogrom.

'We have to stand united to protect our democratic values'

President Rivlin meets with Ukraine PM, speaks about national tragedies and the two countries' future relationship.

Jew in 'serious but stable' condition after axe attack

Neighbor attacks Ukranian Jew, hospital saves victim's foot.

Actor Steven Seagal banned from Ukraine

Movie actor and Putin ally banned from entering Ukraine for 5 years over his visit to Crimea after Russia annexed the peninsula in 2014.

65 years later, Soviet officer faces prosecution in Ukraine

Ukraine prosecutors open murder investigation against 94-year-old Jewish former Soviet officer.

'They murdered my mother, so I killed them in revenge'

Max Privler joined the anti-Nazi resistance fighters at the tender age of 11, after watching his father shot and mother hanged by the SS.

Six months after being beaten, Chabad emissary dies of injuries

Chabad rabbi beaten in anti-Semitic attack in Ukraine succumbs to injuries.

230 new Ukranian immigrants land in Israel

Half of the 78 immigrant Ukraine families settle in Israel's center, north, four immigrants are Holocaust survivors.

Ukrainian war hero and lawmaker slurs Jews

Ukranian lawmaker uses anti-Semitic slur to explain that Jews have too much power in news interview.

Holocaust memorial vandalized in western Ukraine

Nazi symbols spray-painted on a monument to Holocaust victims in Ukraine that was erected near their mass graves.

Watch: Massive arms depot explodes in Ukraine

Some 20,000 residents were evacuated near Kharkiv, Ukraine after army depot containing thousands of tons of munitions explodes.

Preparing for Passover in Ukraine's last shtetl

The elderly population of Ukraine's last shtetl tells their story and gives a glimpse into days of old.

Nazi collaborator fan represents Ukraine at Holocaust symposium

Supporter of Nazi collaborator whose troops murdered thousands of Jews to represent Ukraine at International Holocaust symposium in Paris.

Trump expects Russia to return Crimea to Ukraine

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer says President Trump taking strong stand against Russian occupation of Crimea, actions in Ukraine.

Graves of Holocaust victims looted, desecrated across Ukraine

Looters dig up mass graves of Holocaust victims, desecrate remains in search for gold teeth and jewelry.

Watch: Ukrainian marchers in Kiev chant ‘Jews out’

Ukrainian nationalists chant “Jews out” at march celebrating the birthday of a Nazi collaborator whose troops killed thousands of Jews.

Ukrainian MP wants to move embassy to Jerusalem

Ukrainian MP disappointed with Ukraine's vote in favor of anti-Israel UN resolution pledges to introduce bill to move embassy to Jerusalem.

Watch: Celebrating Hanukkah - and Aliyah - at the airport

A festive Hanukkah celebration awaited more than 120 new immigrants from Ukraine who landed today.

Ukraine summons Israeli ambassador for reprimand

Ukraine summons Israeli ambassador for reprimand after Netanyahu cancels visit of Ukrainian PM following anti-Israel UN resolution.

Ukraine: The text of the resolution is balanced

Despite PM Netanyahu's displeasure at Ukraine's complicity in anti-Israel UN resolution's passage, Ukraine stands by its vote.

Elkin: The hands are American hands

Minister Ze'ev Elkin, currently in Ukraine, reports that Ukraine did not willingly vote for the recent anti-Israel UN resolution.

Netanyahu doesn't want Ukranian PM in Israel

Netanyahu cancels Ukrainian PM's vsit to Israel over Security Council vote.

Netanyahu: Desecration of Rabbi Nachman's grave is 'terrible'

Prime Minister Netanyahu calls on the Ukrainian government to take action following the desecration of the grave of Rabbi Nachman in Uman.

Nearly 1,000 Jews gather in Ukrainian city of Lviv

Nearly 1,000 people attend Jewish gathering in western Ukrainian city which honors alleged Holocaust era war criminals.

250 Ukrainian immigrants arrive in Israel

250 new immigrants arrived from the Ukraine Tuesday with the assistance of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ).

American-style JCC opens in Kiev

Ukrainian capital opens its first American-style Jewish community center.

Four arrested in beating of Ukraine rabbi

Police in Ukraine arrest four suspects in the beating of a rabbi in the western city of Zhitomir.

Ukraine to open its first holocaust memorial

Prime Minister of Ukraine has made a major announcement that could change the course of history education in the eastern European country.

Were rabbi's assailants anti-Semites - or thieves?

Chief Rabbi of Ukraine tells Arutz Sheva that motive for brutal attack might not be anti-Semitism.

Synagogue in Zhitomir, Ukraine, reopens for the holidays

The building is the only remaining synagogue of the 54 that were there before the holocaust.

Chabad rabbi beaten in Ukraine

Chabad emissary Rabbi Mendel Deitsch was brutally attacked at Zhitomir's central station. Public is asked to pray for his recovery.

Debate looms over Ukraine's Holocaust memorial event

Senior state historian in Ukraine accuses Rivlin of repeating a Soviet "myth" about Ukrainians' complicity in the Holocaust.

Rivlin stokes Ukrainian debate over Holocaust complicity

President Reuven Rivlin's accusations of Ukrainian Holocaust complicity cause uproar among Ukrainian nationalists.

Ukraine marks 75 years since Babi Yar mass slaughter of Jews

Ukrainians have been wrestling with their countrymen's role in collaborating with the Nazis ever since.

Rivlin addresses Ukraine Parliament 75 years after Babi Yar

President Rivlin: 'We must not play a part in the sin of forgetting or denial. Leaders who support anti-Semitic ideas won't be welcomed.'

Israel signs bilateral agreement to protect foreign workers

Israel signs a bilateral agreement with Ukraine to regulate influx of foreign workers.

Drama on Jewish bus in Uman

A tour bus in Uman, Ukraine was taken hostage by criminals who demanded money from the organizers of the trip.

Lviv opens Jewish memorial on former historic synagogue

City of Lviv in western Ukraine inaugurates a controversial memorial monument on part of the former Golden Rose Synagogue complex.

U.S. Holocaust museum condemns attack on Ukrainian Roma

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum condemns attack on Roma villagers in southern Ukraine.

Her grandmother hid their Judaism

Fleeing the violence of Ukraine, 211 new olim disembarked at Ben Gurion today. 'We knew we had Jewish roots but did not have the documents.'

Watch: Ukranian forces simulate terror attack on Israeli embassy

The Israeli embassy in Kiev turned into a terror scene for a day - as part of a training exercise for Ukrainian security forces.

Jewish immigrants flee Ukrainian civil war

As tensions rise between Russia and Ukraine, 211 new immigrants from Ukraine will land tomorrow at Ben Gurion Airport.

Ukraine's honoring of war criminals leaves Jews uneasy, divided

Veneration of pro-Nazi collaborators raises concerns among Ukrainian Jews.

Amid rising tensions in Ukraine, Jews seeking to move to Israel

IFCJ has received 1,700 new inquiries the past month from Ukraine Jews about making aliyah, expects demand to grow if strife continues

Ukraine battles rebels, Russian forces join insurgents

Ukrainian forces report 64 rebel attacks on Sunday, worried about gathering Russian forces in rebel territory.

Ukraine catches 'ISIS recruiter' operating in its borders

Ukraine's security service announced it has blocked jihadists traveling to fight with ISIS, and detained an 'IS recruiter.'

Report: Traveling zoo set up on Holocaust site in Ukraine

City in northwestern Ukraine authorizes the placing of a traveling zoo on the mass grave of thousands of Jewish Holocaust victims.

Firebombs hurled at hassidic luminary's grave in Ukraine

Grave of Arye Leib, disciple of 'Maggid' of Mezeritch, desecrated by firebombs.

Ukraine city names street for Lubavitcher Rebbe

Dnepropetrovsk, in eastern Ukraine, names street after Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who fled the city during rule of communism,

Lviv Ghetto memorial vandalized in anti-Semitic attack

Vandals throw green paint on monument to the victims of the Holocaust-era ghetto of Lviv in western Ukraine.

Terror attacks on French synagogues, mosques thwarted

Ukrainian authorities arrest French ultra-nationalist who had amassed a huge arsenal, planned attacks during Euro 2016.

Moscow rabbi: Jews worry over Kiev honors for murderers of Jews

Chief rabbi of Moscow condemns the honoring in Ukraine of nationalists whose troops massacred Jews.

Ukraine arrests ISIS terrorists on their way to attack Europe

Two ISIS terrorists from Syria intercepted in Kharkiv as they prepared to travel to western Europe to carry out attacks.

Ukraine honors nationalists whose troops butchered Jews

Moment of silence observed for Symon Petliura, a 1920s statesman blamed for the murder of 50,000 Jews.

Rabbi stabbed in Ukrainian synagogue by angry job-seeker

Ukrainian man attacks rabbi with scissors after inquiring about possible employment opportunities. 'He could have murdered me,' says rabbi.

Airplane lifted while still connected to gate sleeve

Damage inflicted to a Boeing 737 after its nose lifted while still connected to the gate sleeve at Ben-Gurion Airport. No injuries reported.

Israeli shooting suspect nabbed in Kiev

Suspect fled the scene of a nightclub shooting in 2014; authorities are charging him with attempted murder.

Witnesses: Fighter jets shot down MH17

Nearly two years after Malaysia Airlines plane plummets over Ukraine, witnesses now say they saw it shot down from the air.

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Read, don't war: Jewish education for Ukrainian Jewish refugees

Jewish community provides shelter, employment, and education for Ukrainian refugees. Refugees: We feel safe here.