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Ukrainian refugee. Credit: Courtesy of the Jewish Federations of North America.

American Jewish community mobilizes to resettle Ukrainian refugees in midst of war

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The White House is testing a unique solution to the growing Ukraine refugee crisis. The American Jewish community is testing its response. The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has launched a direct sponsorship program...
President and founder of United Hatzalah Eli Beer (third from right) with Parliament member for the city of Bucha, Ukraine, Olga Vasilevskaya-Smaglyuk (center), and team members who have been operating a group of ambulances and providing medical care throughout Ukraine, May 9, 2022. Credit: United Hatzalah.

United Hatzalah founder brings medical supplies to Ukraine, sees team on ground

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President and founder of United Hatzalah Eli Beer flew to Moldova on Monday in an impromptu visit, heading into Ukraine to encourage volunteers of the organization who are active in the conflict zone and...
Russian President Vladimir Putin with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov being awarded the Order of Service to the Fatherland, 1st class, at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 21, 2015. Credit: Kremlin Presidential Press and Information Office via Wikimedia Commons.

The apology that Russia won’t make

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Did Russian President Vladimir Putin really apologize to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for the atrocious remarks on the Holocaust uttered by his Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov? There is no way of knowing for sure....
Prince Charles. Credit: Dan Marsh via Wikimedia Commons.

Prince Charles donates to British charity working to assist Ukrainian refugees

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The Prince of Wales has made a private donation to a British Jewish international humanitarian agency working to help Ukrainian refugees, reported The Jewish Chronicle. Prince Charles has been a patron of the World Jewish Relief...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett leads a Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on Feb. 27, 2022. Photo by Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Pool.

Israeli prime minister says Putin apologized for Lavrov’s Holocaust-related remarks

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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett claimed on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized for comments by his foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, that said “Adolf Hitler had Jewish blood.” The Prime Minister’s Office released a statement on Twitter:...
Illustration: Image of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Credit: TPYXA_ILLUSTRATION/Shutterstock.

Why Russia has once again turned on the Jews

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Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, caused outrage earlier this week after he was asked on Italian TV how Russia could claim to be “de-Nazifying” Ukraine when its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is Jewish. Lavrov replied: “I...
Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov delivers a speech at the Conference on Disarmament, March 14, 2022. Credit: U.N. Photo by Emmanuel Hungrecker.

Russia accuses Israel of supporting ‘neo-Nazi regime’ in Ukraine

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Russia’s foreign minister on Tuesday accused Israel of supporting “the neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv,” deepening a controversy he sparked two days earlier by claiming Hitler had “Jewish blood.” Asked by Italian media on Sunday how...
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid holds a press conference in Tel Aviv on April 14, 2022. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Bennett, Lapid condemn Lavrov’s remarks about Hitler’s ‘Jewish blood’

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Israel’s prime minister and foreign minister on Monday strongly condemned his Russian counterpart’s statement made the day before that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler “had Jewish blood.” Speaking to Italian news channel Zona Bianca, Russian Foreign Minister...
Forensic police officers exhume bodies in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine. April 12, 2022

Ukraine, Israel and the meaning of ‘never again’

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Two months after President Paul von Hindenburg appointed him Chancellor of Germany, Adolf Hitler began his persecution of German Jews. No one at the time could have imagined that this would sow the seeds...
Example of a modern combat helmet (British Mk 6 with cloth cover). Credit: Richard Harvey via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel to send protective gear to emergency-service providers in Ukraine

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Israel will send helmets and vests to Ukraine’s rescue and emergency services, the Office of Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced on Wednesday. During a phone call between Gantz and Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov, the...