Tag: Ukraine
Ukraine to allow Jewish worshippers into Uman for Rosh Hashanah
Ukraine’s deputy health minister, Dr. Ihor Kuzin, said on Monday that his country would work to ease restrictions on the annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov in the...
‘Tikkun Am’: Our investment in the Jewish people
There is a legendary story from an ORT school in Ukraine, told and retold over the years, about a student excitedly returning home from class one Friday afternoon and asking his mother whether they...
Blinken discusses anti-Semitism, Babi Yar with Sharansky and Lieberman
Representatives of the supervisory board of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center Natan Sharansky and former Connecticut Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman met on Thursday with the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington, D.C.
“We are grateful for...
Documentary on Babi Yar massacre to premiere at Cannes Film Festival
Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa’s documentary film “Babi Yar. Context” has been selected to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in July.
The 120-minutes long film is based entirely on archival footage uncovered by Loznitsa, which...
Rabbis, Jewish world leaders unveil symbolic synagogue, prayer space at Babi Yar
Marking Yom Hashoah—Holocaust Remembrance Day on the Jewish calendar—the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center unveiled the very first Jewish prayer space on Thursday.
The symbolic synagogue structure was opened at a ceremony that included special prayers led...
Ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israeli gymnastics coach reflects on Kyiv win
As the international day commemorating the memory of the victims of the Holocaust approaches on Jan. 27, Ira Vigdorchik, the head coach of the Israeli rhythmic gymnastics team, will be honored at the first-ever...
Ukraine Airlines to compensate Israeli couple over anti-Semitic slurs
An Israeli court has ruled that Ukraine International Airlines will have to pay an Israeli couple 5,000 shekels ($1,550) in compensation for publicly humiliating the two in an incident that happened two and a...
A lesson in Hanukkah miracles from post-Soviet Jews
We Jews are no strangers to miracles, but in the great tales of Divine deliverance, the Hanukkah story feels like the runt of the litter.
Compared to the parting of the Red Sea or the...
December 11, 1942: Slave laborers revolt
On this date in 1942, some 500 Jewish slave laborers in a concentration camp in Lutsk, Ukraine, planned a revolt against Nazi troops who were coming the next day to liquidate the camp. Having...
Zelensky announces Ukraine-Israel free-trade agreement to take effect in January
A free trade agreement between Israel and Ukraine will take effect beginning Jan. 1, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky posted on his Twitter account. “Relations between our countries are rising to a new level,” he...