Posts Tagged: ukraine jews
Two Violent Anti-Semitic Attacks Alarm Ukraine’s Jewish Community
JNS.org - Two violent anti-Semitic incidents that occurred in Kiev over the course of a week have alarmed the Ukrainian Jewish community. On Jan....
Ukraine’s Jews Caught in the Middle of Escalating Conflict
JNS.org - Josef Zisels, the head of the Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities of Ukraine (VAAD Ukraine), said in a speech Sunday at...
Ukrainian Jews Fear Anti-Semitic Backlash From Protests
JNS.org - Members of Ukraine's Jewish community are expressing concern that anti-Semitic sentiment could rise in the country amid the ongoing protests of Ukrainian...
A Jewish Perspective on the Ukrainian Protests
JNS.org - In a country engulfed by anti-government protests, Ukrainian Jews find themselves facing the same existential choice as the rest of the...
Ukrainian Jews Fear for Their Safety – ‘We Are on High Alert’
With some 200,000 Ukrainians in Kiev's Independence Square to protest the government, Jewish leaders said security details are being tightened to ensure protection from protesters...
Neo Nazis Target Israelis in Ukraine
Ynet - Israelis who study in Odessa, Ukraine are afraid to leave their apartments following neo-Nazi riots around the city, they say. "I went out with my...
Jews in the Former Soviet Union Embrace Jewish Identity
JNS.org - In a complex journey that can start as simply as children asking their parents what their family name means, younger Jews...
Ukraine’s President: Anti-Semitism Will Not be Tolerated
During a meeting Tuesday with the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Agency, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said that he will not give anti-Semites room...
Jewish Agency Board Convenes for First Time in Former Soviet Union
JNS.org - The Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) convened in the territory of the former Soviet Union for the...
Karel van Oordt, Founder of Christians for Israel, Dies at 84
Karel van Oordt, founder of Christians for Israel, died in his home last week in Amersfoort, Netherlands at the age of 84, a press release...
New Film Chronicles Jews Who Survived Nazis for 511 Days Underground (VIDEO)
A new film that chronicles the longest continuous underground survival in recorded human history has hit U.S. theaters. The film, No Place on Earth, tells...
Ukrainian City Agrees to Remove Jewish Headstones Used as Pavement
The Forward - The city of Lviv in Ukraine agreed to remove Jewish headstones currently used as pavement. The grave markers, from cemeteries destroyed by the...
Owner of Jewish TV Channel Harassed by Ukranian Authorities
The president of the All-Ukrainian Jewish Congress has accused Ukrainian authorities of threatening him and using violence against him in an effort to take away...
Heavyweight Champ Vitali Klitschko Removes Gloves For Menorah Lighting
That guy looks familiar--why, yes, it's boxing heavyweight champion of the world Vitali Klitschko. You're probably asking yourself why the pugilist is hanging with a...
