Jews in Ukraine
Dnipro Jewish community leader’s home damaged in Russian strike, wounding child
The child is recovering, but the Jewish community and Dnipro’s other residents have been suffering under an unrelenting barrage of Russian drones and missile attacks over the last week.
Kyiv chief rabbi on Holocaust remembrance: ‘We must not live inside it' - interview
Zelensky signs law criminalizing antisemitism, making it punishable by up to eight years in prison
After 4 years of war, Ukraine’s Jews adapt to a life of sirens, shortages and uncertainty
Hamantaschen from Israel, graggers, and fuel: Purim aid drive spans Ukraine
JRNU and local emissaries said preparations had been completed for distributing 24,000 Purim packages across 25 major cities and regions, alongside deliveries to smaller and more remote towns.
Faith in a time of war: Ukrainian Jewish chaplain aids soldiers during tribulations - interview
While Sinyakov offers spiritual guidance as the first Jewish chaplain attached to a Ukrainian military unit, he explained that eighty percent of his work was psychological aid.
Learning Hebrew in bomb shelters: How Dnipro Jewry endures Russian invasion
The war opened new opportunities for Dnipro's Jews to reconnect to Judaism, finding purpose and hope amid the missile barrages.
Ukrainian Christmas tradition depiction of Jews draws criticism after New Jersey pageant
The Christmas pageant, performed on Sunday in New Jersey, also included a Hasidic Jewish caricature, carrying a sack of coins and dancing with the devil.
Beacons of light under fire
How Jewish schools in Ukraine are sustaining hope amid war
Ukrainian Jews celebrate Hanukkah under Russian fire
President Volodymyr Zelensky was scheduled to attend the Kyiv ceremony but traveled abroad at the last minute for discussions with US representatives on peace negotiations.
'No trust in our enemy’: Ukrainian Jewish official says he hopes for peace despite skepticism
“We have lived here for many years; we know the situation well; we also know the enemy well. We have been suffering here for almost four years in a very difficult war,” said the Jewish official.
Rabbi escapes minutes before Russian missile strikes Ukrainian synagogue
Russian missile strikes Ukrainian synagogue; Chabad rabbi escapes minutes earlier
Jewish-American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky dies unexpectedly at 29
Daniel Naroditsky, son of a Ukranian immigrant, had begun playing chess at the age of 6. His influence extended beyond the chessboard, according to the International Chess Federation.
US special envoy meets Chabad rabbis in Ukraine amid shifting US stance
"Our meeting with him in this place, which symbolizes the destruction of Kyiv's Jewry, is the best proof of the flourishing of Jewish community life in Ukraine.”
