The State of Israel and a coalition of Jewish philanthropists are set to provide $2 million for those forced to flee as a result of war.
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The data shows a large drop in Jew-hatred in Ukraine, which the ADL suggests may be due to the country’s Jewish president.
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Trees have been planted in Ukraine’s capital recognizing both countries and groups that have contributed.
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The army has one battery available, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense commander said.
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The annual commemoration in the Netherlands honors the victims of World War II and subsequent wars.
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Kyiv's ambassador thanks Netanyahu for making it happen.
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Western diplomats, including U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, rebuked him at the Security Council meeting.
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Amichai Chikli decries recent antisemitic events in the three countries.
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Oksana Markarova hailed U.S. Jewish support before the start of a celebratory seder for diplomats, during which she noted Chassidic leader Reb Nachman of Breslov.
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The day-school-educated son of immigrants from Lviv and Kyiv who now live in the Baltimore area has raised more than $20,000 to bring food to some 1,100 Ukrainian Jews.
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Israel is reportedly looking at options to provide defensive military assistance to Kyiv in a way that would not raise tensions with Russia.
“A year ago you could see the fear in people's eyes; now they are very proud," said an Israeli rabbi who traveled to Ukraine for the holiday.
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“It took U.S. experts too much time to realize that the Russian war against Ukraine is our war,” Ukraine-born historian Yohanan Petrovsky-Stern told JNS.
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The Russian invasion put Diana Bukman back in touch with her ex-husband in Israel. It also sent her former colleague across the world to Richmond, Va.
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On the ground, Internet access and cash are luxuries, and “life happens between sirens,” Inna Vdovichenko, JDC’s representative in Odessa, told JNS.
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The group has already distributed more than $30 million and helped 5,000 Jews immigrate to Israel.
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U.S. Rep. Max Miller of Rocky River met Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as part of a delegation during a Feb. 21 briefing on the Russian-Ukrainian war in Ukraine.
It was one of the largest rescue operations in history, the Jewish Agency head said.
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Andrew Barnes, associate professor of political science at Kent State University, will discuss “Russia and Ukraine: Taking Stock and Looking Forward” in a virtual talk with Siegal Lifelong Learning at Case Western Reserve University from noon to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 17.
Jerusalem's top diplomat is on a solidarity visit to Kyiv ahead of the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion.
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“I came to say that Israel stands by Ukraine and the Ukrainian people in its difficult hour,” said Eli Cohen.
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“I'm here to say that you’ve come home,” Israeli Minister of Immigrant Absorption Ofir Sofer tells Ukrainian immigrants upon their arrival in Israel.
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WASHINGTON (JTA) –– During the 35 years Eli Rosenbaum spent hunting Nazis, he always looked up to his forebears in the profession. But it was only recently, as he ventured into Ukraine to track down Russian war criminals, that he felt a personal connection with the investigators who pursued …
The group arrived on a chartered flight made possible by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.
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The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants has outposts all over the country including on Cleveland’s west side. The third-floor space is broad and open with high ceilings and windows. Flags from around the world line the walls.
In the mornings, Oksana Donobros walks through the gift shop at the Ukrainian Museum-Archives in Cleveland, checking inventory and boxing up orders that came in overnight. In the evening her sons try to keep up with schoolwork here as well as homework from their classes in Sumy. Oksana is ea…
The demands include a clear statement condemning Russia's invasion of the European nation and in support of its territorial integrity.
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The U.S. secretary of state implies that Washington expects Jerusalem to provide Kyiv with military equipment.
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Israeli officials have insisted that Jerusalem has not changed its policy of only providing Kyiv with humanitarian aid.
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EDWINS CEO and founder Brandon Chrostowski will visit Ukraine from Jan. 25 to Feb. 1 to cook for refugees with Ukrainian chef Ievgen Klopotenko and meet with leaders in war-torn Kyiv.
In a call with his Ukrainian counterpart, Eli Cohen pledged to continue providing humanitarian aid and urged Kyiv to up its efforts to confront Iran.
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The American Jewish community is very vocal, and rightfully concerned, the new Israeli government may erode the liberal democratic values that bind our two communities. However, American Jews are silent and fail to criticize Israel for not doing more to support Ukraine in their war with Russ…
(JTA) — Last year, Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s top diplomat, drew criticism after saying Ukraine’s Jewish president was like Hitler. Now he’s upped the ante: Western countries assisting Ukraine in repelling Russia’s invasion are seeking a “final solution.”
(JTA) — A significant portion of the weaponry that the United States has sent Ukraine for use in its defensive war against Russia has come from a stockpile in Israel, according to a new report in The New York Times.
Sergei Lavrov said the West, and the U.S. in particular, has “the exact same goal” as the Third Reich.
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The stockpile of weapons and ammunition is normally reserved for the U.S. to use in Middle East conflicts.
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Already home to a substantial number of Russian-speaking Jews before the invasion of Ukraine, the longstanding community put its resources to work in a Herculean effort to absorb those in need.
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Sanctions, antisemitism and war are pushing new waves of Ukrainian, Russian, and Belarusian Jews to immigrate to Israel.
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(JTA) — A prize established to honor a single inspiring Jew with a lifetime of achievements has been awarded this year to a nameless group whose work is ongoing: Jewish activists in war-ravaged Ukraine.
Despite being clearly uncomfortable with Russian conduct in its invasion of its neighbor, Israel remains hesitant to send more aid to Ukraine.
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