Chabad of Poland preparing to feed Ukrainian refugees over holiday season
Chabad of Poland launches emergency appeal to feed over 5,000 local and Ukrainian Jews during Rosh Hashanah.
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Ukrainian embassy: Jewish community in Odessa suffering, don't abandon them
Ukraine's embassy in Israel publishes dire warning of effects Russian attacks on Odessa are having on the local Jewish community.
Help Ukraine's Jewish Refugees in Poland
Urgent Appeal: Support Ukrainian Refugees, Rebuilding Lives after Devastating Dam Breach!
Ukrainian refugee couple save thousands more
Ukrainian refugees Rabbi and Rabbanit Halfon, after narrowly escaping Kharkov and arriving in Israel, decided to help others.
Emergency appeal to feed Ukrainian Jews over Passover
Chabad of Poland launches emergency campaign to feed 9,000 Ukrainian Jews over Passover.
The first Passover haggadah in Ukrainian marks a community’s break with Russia
After the invasion, Russian-language haggadot have become a liability for Ukrainian Jews.
Jewish Ukrainian refugee: Escaping war and rebuilding her life in Israel
Diana's life suddenly blew up with the first bombs landing in Odessa. She tells what it is like to have to escape and start over in Israel.
Kyiv Jews celebrate their 2nd wartime Purim with renewed resolve and optimism
Just over a year into the war, Kyiv Jews celebrate Purim in precarious economic circumstances under the continued threat of Russian attacks.
Synagogue in Huliaipole, Ukraine, destroyed by Russian missile
Residents of the city in Zaporizhzhia region report damage in historical part of the city, including the destruction of a local synagogue.
First Ukrainian Birthright group since Russian invasion arrives in Israel
Ukrainian Jews flown to Israel on Miriam Adelson's private jet for first Birthright trip from war-torn country since the invasion began.
Rabbi recalls Ukrainian minister's close ties with Kyiv Jews
Chief Chabad emissary eulogizes Ukrainian minister killed in helicopter crash, lauding his strong relationship with local Jewish community.
Foreign Minister to Ukraine's Chief Rabbi: We will increase the humanitarian aid
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen meets Chief Rabbi of Ukraine, Rabbi Moshe Azman, who says: "I have found a true friend of our Jewish community."
'They won't break us': Ukraine's Jews use generators to light the menorah
Over the past few days, large menorahs were placed in public places and outside synagogues across the war-torn country.
Despite the fighting, Ukrainian Jews learn Judaism in Warsaw
Limmud FSU Ukraine volunteers gather in Warsaw for a unique event of Jewish learning.
Why Ukrainian Jews are changing the language they speak
Ukrainian Jews have historically spoken Russian. The war is changing that.
Ukrainian Jewish leaders accused of collaboration with Russia
In a Ukrainian city liberated from Russia, local Jewish leaders stand accused of collaboration.
73% of Ukrainian Jews will need to choose between food and heat
Survey of Ukrainian Jewry shows desperate winter ahead; IFCJ to provide $6.5 million towards heat, food, and supplies for winter months.
Ukrainian PM says Kyiv rabbi 'helps unity of Ukraine'
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmehal wishes Rabbi Yonatan Markowitz, thanks him for staying in Kyiv during the war.
The horror of Babi Yar, Erev Yom Kippur 1941
Ukrainian militiamen, supervised by Germans, ordered the Jews to undress. Those who balked were assaulted, their clothes ripped off. Op-ed.
Chief rabbi coordinating aid for Ukrainian refugees in Romania, Moldova
Chief Rabbi Goldschmidt visits Moldova to help Ukrainian refugees, confronting the city’s past, present, and future.
Ukrainian Jews rebuild community in Kiryat Yam with help from Yad L’Achim
In northern Israel, Ukrainian refugees settle and rebuild, with the help of Chabad and Yad L'Achim.
Ukrainian Jews call for arrest of ex-politician for blood libel
Ukrainian Jewish org calls for ex-Kyiv city councilor to be arrested for spreading blood libel in social media post.
N American Federations announces Ukrainian settlement grants
Jewish Federations of North American launching Ukrainian Resettlement Grant to help Jewish groups settle Ukrainian refugees in the US.
In Hungary, a palace tied to political scandal becomes Jewish refugee camp
Palace in resort town 80 miles from Budapest converted into refugee camp for Ukrainian Jews.
Swiss Jews gather to discuss how to help Ukrainian refugees
Meetings take place after 300 Ukrainian Jewish refugees have found a home in Switzerland.
Ukrainian Holocaust survivor says Mariupol worse than WWII
An 87-year-old Holocaust survivor says the bombardment of Mariupol was worse than the siege of Leningrad, in which 1.5 million perished.
A TikTok rabbi helps Jewish Ukrainian refugees feel comfortable in Moldova shelters
Orthodox rabbi who was born into a secular family in eastern Belarus is helping oversee relief efforts in Moldova.
Despite the war, Ukrainian Jews prepare to celebrate Passover in public seders
Emergency curfews, supply-chain interruptions and the dangers of war are complicating Ukrainian Jews’ efforts to celebrate Passover.
Preparing for the giant refugee Passover Seder in Warsaw
Chabad Warsaw has been helping Ukrainian Jewish refugees in Poland and is preparing a large seder for them at a hotel.
Ukrainian refugees join orphans' Bar Mitzva celebration at Western Wall
Weeks after fleeing Ukraine, a group of 13 year old boys participated in an emotional Bar Mitzva celebration at the Western Wall on Monday.
Suspect arrested in stabbing of Ukrainian Jewish leader
Police arrest man suspected of stabbing leader of Jewish community in city of Ivano-Frankivsk.
Ukrainian Jewish leader stabbed 3 times in antisemitic attack
Director of Jewish community in Western Ukrainian city attacked by knife wielding man yelling antisemitic threats.
UK factory baking one million matzahs for Ukraine
UK matzah maker has set a goal to bake one million matzahs for the Ukrainian Jewish community, who are lacking supplies for Passover.
The Ukrainian Jew who saved Yiddish music from oblivion
New documentary highlights role played by one Ukrainian Jew in preserving Yiddish music before and after the Holocaust.
29-year-old Ukrainian Jew who volunteered to defend Ukraine killed in Russian airstrike
Serafim Sabaranskiy, a Ukrainian Jew and active Hillel member who enlisted to defend his country, dies in a Russian airstrike.
'I lost my son and now I lost my home'
German Rozhkov fell in battle as an IDF commander. Now Israel is bringing his father and mother to Israel from Ukraine.
Israel's oldest charity helping Ukrainian refugees with basic needs
Colel Chabad expanding food card program to help Ukrainian refugees arriving in Israel with not only food but also clothing and housing.
Kharkiv synagogue's windows blown out after bombing
Over a hundred Jews, mostly elderly, are sheltering in the synagogue's basement. "We're worried about them; they can't leave," says rabbi.
92-year-old Jewish Ukrainian woman forced to flee for her life a second time
Rachel along with other Jewish refugees is now at the border, with the situation in Ukraine expected to deteriorate.
Chief Rabbi David Lau to establish special religious court for Ukrainian refugees
Thousands of potential immigrants will have no proof of their Jewish status, having fled their homes without documentation.
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