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Jews in Ukraine

Over 100 Ukrainian Jewish Refugees Celebrate Passover in Poland

Impacted by two wars, Jewish Ukrainian refugees celebrate a special Passover in Poland

Jewish communities rally to celebrate with food distributions and precautions against power outages.

Amid Russia's war, Ukrainian Jews prepare for Passover under threat of blackout

 A Ukrainian serviceman prays next to a memorial for the victims of Babyn Yar (Babiy Yar), one of the biggest single massacres of Jews during the Nazi Holocaust, during a commemorative ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine September 29, 2023.

While Ukrainian Jews have left due to the war, some have remained to invest in their communities

By Marcel Gascón Barberá/JTA
 CHABAD EMISSARIES distribute gift packages and sukkot on wheels to the Jews of Ukraine.

For Ukraine’s Jews, the work is not yet done — even as the crisis rages into its third year

By ALEX WEISLER/JTA
 Ukrainian chief rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman speaks at the Gala for the Yael Foundation Conference improving Jewish education.

Ukraine chief rabbi: Israel and Ukraine both fight 'axis of evil'

 MASHA IS a student at the Odesa Chabad school who fled Kherson with her aunt.

Ukrainian Jews: Don’t forget about us, the war is not over

 Members of Azov battalion attend a rally on the Volunteer Day honouring fighters, who joined the Ukrainian armed forces during a military conflict in the country's eastern regions, in central Kiev, Ukraine March 14, 2020.

Jewish rep. seen posing with Ukrainian soldiers wearing Nazi symbols

Zaporozhye's Jewish community celebrates Sukkot amidst war

Zaporizhzhia Jewish community celebrates Sukkot amidst war

Rosh Hashanah celebrations across Ukraine

In Kharkiv, rockets fail to dampen Jewish Rosh Hashanah spirit

 Zelensky posing with Ukrainian Jewish leaders

Zelensky to Ukrainian rabbis: 'We need greater support from Israel'

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish family takes part in the Tashlikh ritual, to symbolically cast away sins, ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, in Ashdod, Israel, October 3, 2022.

High Holidays’ roll call of ruin, is heartbreakingly real for the Ukrainian Jews - opinion

By ALEX WEISLER/JTA
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Chabad of Poland launches appeal for Ukrainian, Polish Jews during Rosh Hashanah

 Rabbi Mendy and Mushky Halperin have arrived in Ukraine, making them the first Chabad emissaries to do so since the outbreak of war in early 2022.

First Chabad rabbi dispatched to Ukraine since start of Russia-Ukraine war

 Food is seen being sent to Ukrainian Jews as part of holiday kits ahead of the High Holy Days.

Faith in battle: 52,000 holiday kits for Ukraine's Jews amid war

 THE WRITER takes part in an activity with campers at The Jewish Agency’s summer camp in Ukraine.

In war-torn Ukraine, the Jewish heart still beats - opinion

By AMIRA AHRONOVIZ
El Al Israel Airlines planes are seen on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel March 10, 2020.

Ukrainian orphan held up at Israel's airport, released on bail - report

 A view of the city at sunset, during a rain, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine August 8, 2023.

Camp Ramah returns to Ukraine despite ongoing war

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
 Ukrainian refugees are seen arriving in Israel as part of Operation Israeli Guarantee, on March 6, 2022.

Aliyah dips in West, surges in Russia amid Ukraine conflict