Posts Tagged: ukraine jews
Odessa Jews Celebrate Lag Ba’Omer Under Watch of Armed Guards
Jerusalem Post - Hundreds of Odessa Jews celebrated Lag Ba'omer under guard in the city's first large Jewish gathering since deadly riots there two weeks...
Christian Giving Provides Lifeline for ‘Abandoned’ Ukrainian Jewish Community (INTERVIEW)
Since the outbreak of violence and political chaos in Ukraine, Christian charity has been lavished on the country's beleaguered and isolated Jewish community, Rabbi Yechiel...
Eyewitness in Ukraine: ‘You Can Feel the Tension in the Air’
DRUZHKOVA, UKRAINE - Tensions continue to mount in eastern Ukraine, with no obtainable solution in sight. Reports of casualties continue to stream out of the...
Report: Ukraine Synagogue Firebombed Just Days After Distribution of Anti-Semitic Flyers (VIDEO)
The Nikolayev Synagogue in Ukraine was reportedly firebombed by vandals at approximate 2 AM on Saturday morning, according to Chabad blog Shturem and closed-circuit footage of the...
In Ukraine, Caring for Caregivers
JNS.org - My first visit to Odessa—the "pearl of the Black Sea"—was in the 1990s after the Soviet Union's collapse. The city, even after...
Russia’s Chief Rabbi Slams Ukrainian Jews for Meddling
Times of Israel - Berel Lazar, a chief rabbi of Russia, criticized Ukrainian Jewish leaders for condemning Moscow's actions in Ukraine. "The Jewish community should not...
Jewish Voices From Crimea: ‘Living in Readiness’
SIMFEROPOL, Crimea - Two weeks after the fall of the regime in the Ukraine, and as the reports of Russian military advancement in Crimea intensify,...
Putin Plays the Anti-Semitism Card in Ukraine Crisis
JNS.org - Back in 2004, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused his regional rival Viktor Yushchenko, who was then the pro-western president of Ukraine, of...
Who’s Afraid of Putin?
As I watched the Sochi Winter Olympics, I thought of how Putin's long shadow was cast, malevolently, over the construction, the management, and the security...
Ukrainian Jews Training for Emergency With ZAKA, United Hatzalah
KIEV, Ukraine - The current political crisis in Ukraine has propelled its Jewish community to request emergency training the from Israeli emergency response organizations -...
Ukrainian Jewish Leaders Criticize Russia’s Putin in Letter
JNS.org - Josef Zisels, chairman of the Association of Jewish Communities and Organizations of Ukraine (VAAD), and several other prominent Ukrainian Jews have written...
Rabbi Asks Netanyahu, Ya’alon to Send Forces to Protect Ukrainian Jews
JNS.org - General Director of the European Jewish Association Rabbi Menachem Margolin asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon to...
American Jewish Committee Condemns Violence in Ukraine Protests
JNS.org - The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has condemned the escalating violence by government forced against protesters in Ukraine. Ukrainian protestors are continuing to...
Anti-Semitic Violence Frightens Ukrainian Jews Amid Protests
JNS.org - Two violent anti-Semitic incidents that took place in Kiev, Ukraine, over the course of a week have alarmed the Ukrainian Jewish community....
