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Moisey Katsman, a disabled, homebound Holocaust survivor, enjoys apples and honey delivered in advance of Rosh Hashanah 2023. He is one of thousands of the country's neediest Jews receiving New Year food packages from the American Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in partnership with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, Claims Conference and Jewish Federations of North America. Photo by Misha Kovalev.

Groups deliver New Year staples to thousands of Jews in Ukraine

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Ahead of the Jewish New Year and more than 18 months since Russia launched its war on Ukraine, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is providing thousands of the most impoverished Jews in...
Ukrainian Jewish immigrants arrive at Ben-Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv as part of an aliyah from Ukraine on Feb. 20, 2022. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Israel’s immigration ministry to refocus efforts on the West

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In part due to the war in Ukraine, Israel is reorienting its immigration efforts from former Soviet Union countries to Western nations, such as France and the United States. Israel's Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir...
Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine. Credit: Tiia Monto via Wikimedia Commons.

Ukraine more antisemitic than Russia: ADL survey

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The latest installment of the antisemitism index “Global 100,” which the Anti-Defamation League released on May 31, ostensibly has good news for Ukrainian Jews. Jew-hatred in Ukraine declined from a record 46% index score in...
Blossoming Japanese cherry trees. Credit: Pixabay.

Kyiv honors Jewish Federations of North America for war-relief support

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The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) is among groups and countries recognized in Kyiv and honored by the planting of seven Japanese cherry trees in the Ukrainian capital. The countries include the United States,...
Remembrance Day, the Netherlands. Source: Facebook/Embassy of the Netherlands in the United States.

On ‘Remembrance Day,’ Zelenskyy asks Dutch to mourn dead Ukrainians

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On a visit to the Netherlands on the country’s Remembrance Day—held annually on May 4 at 8 p.m. to commemorate soldiers and civilians who died in World War II, and in other wars and peacekeeping...
Likud MK Amichai Chikli, now minister of Diaspora affairs, speaks at the Federation of Local Authorities conference in Tel Aviv, Dec. 7, 2022. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Israeli minister calls out Poland, Greece and Ukraine over antisemitism

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Israeli Diaspora Affairs Ministry Amichai Chikli sent letters to Poland, Greece and Ukraine this week expressing his concern over antisemitic incidents in those countries. In a letter to Greece’s Ambassador to Israel Kyriakos Loukakis on...
Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova was recognized at a diplomatic seder held by the American Jewish Committee in Washington, D.C., on March 24, 2022. Photo by Dmitry Shapiro.

Iranian aid to Russia altered Kyiv-Jerusalem relationship, Ukrainian ambassador says

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Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States told a gathering of Jewish media this week that Iran’s partnership with Russia has forced her country and the world to “rethink” how they deal with Iran. Oksana Markarova...
U.S. Army Soldiers, attached to Heavy Company, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, take cover behind their vehicle as small-arms fire opens up in the distance in Mosul, Iraq, on Jan. 17, 2008. Credit: U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Kieran Cuddihy.

Iraq anniversary reminds us that avoiding war isn’t always wrong

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As a general rule of thumb, it’s always best to avoid analogies to Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill and Neville Chamberlain. The trio of the greatest villain in history, the hero who defeated him, and...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a joint press conference in Jerusalem, Jan. 24, 2020. Credit: Office of the President of Ukraine.

Israeli political and defense brass review Ukraine policy

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a meeting on Tuesday to discuss military support for Ukraine as it fends off a Russian invasion now entering its second year. Hebrew media reported that the premier was...
“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.

Chicago’s Ukrainian Jewish community reflects on war and troubled history of Soviet past

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Ukrainian Jews who have settled in Illinois since war began in their country a year ago report that the state has been largely pro-Ukraine and that those who seemed initially hesitant to support the...