Posts Tagged: Ukrainian Jews
Kiev Rabbi Assaulted in Suspected Anti-Semitic Attack
JTA - Two unidentified men assaulted a rabbi in Kiev in a suspected anti-Semitic attack. The men assaulted Rabbi Hillel Cohen, who runs the Ukrainian branch...
Christian-Jewish Aid Group Increases Support for Beleaguered Ukrainian Jews
JNS.org - The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) has announced an increase in support to $10 million for Ukraine's beleaguered Jewish community...
Wounded Ukrainian Protesters Brought to Israel for Treatment
JNS.org - Nine Ukrainian Jews who were severely wounded during violent protests in Kiev were brought to Israel to receive medical treatment. The wounded individuals,...
‘Very Tense’ Situation for Ukrainian Jews, Says Country’s Chief Rabbi
JNS.org - The Jewish community in Ukraine is feeling the strain of the country's revolution, according to Ukrainian Chabad-Lubavitch Chief Rabbi Moshe Reuven Asman. Asman...
Brooklyn’s Ukrainian Jewish Ex-Pats Gather to Pray for Peace
Members of Brooklyn's Ukrainian Jewish community gathered on Sunday to express support for their families and compatriots enduring violent protests in their home country,...
Jewish Organizations to Extend Emergency Assistance to Ukraine’s Jewish Community
JNS.org - Jewish organizations have set up emergency assistance for Ukraine's roughly 200,000-member Jewish community amid ongoing political unrest there. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee...
Ignoring Romania’s Holocaust Complicity: Not an Option
More than 70 years after the start of World War II, one would think that few secrets remain from what might be the...