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 Viktor Kovchak and Rabbi Avraham Wolff.

Jewish soldiers wounded in Ukraine and Gaza launch school year with prayer in Odessa

 On a recent Monday morning, the Chabad synagogue in Odesa buzzed with activity. Around 50 individuals gathered for prayer, a testament to the community’s enduring spirit.  “Despite the war, it is remarkable that any worshipers continue to come together to pray,” remarked Chief Rabbi of Odesa Avraha

Odesa's Jews find strength in faith amid war

By Theo Prouvost
Mishpacha Children’s Home in Odessa cares for 120 Ukrainian Jewish children whose parents either are dead or cannot care for them

Ukraine-Russia War: Odessa Jewish Children’s Home struggles with new challenges

By JTA STAFF
 ODESA-TRAINED painter graphic artist Isaac Malik’s ‘The Hunt’ feeds off Russia’s historical heritage.

New art exhibit explores Odesa's impact on Israel, US Jews

 Ribbon cutting at the opening of the new children's home facility.

Ukrainian-Jewish children's home opens amid war

An Iranian Shahed 171 drone dropping a bomb as part of a military exercise in the Gulf, in Iran

Russia strikes Ukraine's Odesa with Iranian kamikaze drones, missiles

By REUTERS
 The new classroom at the children's hospital, Odessa, September 7, 2023

Israeli org. opens first school for children in a hospital in Odesa

 Grain warehouses heavily damaged by a Russian drone attack are seen at a compound of a port on the Danube, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa region, Ukraine August 16, 2023.

Russian drone attack in Odesa region hits Danube port infrastructure

By REUTERS
 People relax at a Black Sea beach that was reopened after being closed down last year following sea mines laid around the ports of Odesa and Mykolaiv by Russia and Ukraine, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine August 10, 2023.

Ukraine's Odesa opens a few beaches for the first time since Russian invasion

By REUTERS
 A woman removes debris at a site of a residential building damaged during Russian missile strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine July 23, 2023.

Hillel center in Odesa, Ukraine, damaged by Russian strike

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
A view shows a grain warehouse destroyed by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a compound of an agricultural company in the village of Pavlivka, in Odesa region, Ukraine July 21, 2023.

Russia suspends Black Sea Grain Initiative amid ongoing conflict

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
A woman reacts next to her son's body near a building heavily damaged by a Russian missile attack, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in central Odesa, Ukraine July 20, 2023

Russia's attack on Odesa kills one, injures 18

By REUTERS
 SECOND-LIEUTENANT Ilya, a tank commander in the 59th Motorized Brigade, takes a break on his tank, concealed in a forest in the Pokrovsk area of Donbas, on July 9.

Against all odds, the Ukrainian counteroffensive is inching forward

 A firefighter works at a site of a food warehouse heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine June 14, 2023.

Russian missile attack on Odesa kills at least three civilians - Ukraine's military

By REUTERS
 A view shows an apartment building damaged during a massive Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine June 10, 2023.

Russian strikes kill three in Odesa, hit Poltava air base - Ukraine

By REUTERS
 Visitors seen standing next to a display of swastika banners at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on April 26, 2022, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Mayor of Missouri town apologizes after saying trash collectors are 'not trying to Jew anybody'

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
 Local residents stand next to a crater left by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine April 14, 2023.

Ukraine says it shot down 29 of 30 missiles in overnight Russian attacks

By REUTERS
 A driver walks near his burned car after Russian military strike, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in central Kyiv, Ukraine

At least five wounded due to Russian strikes on Kyiv, city officials say

By REUTERS