Tag: Ukraine
Israel to play key role in Germany’s ability to defend against Russian missiles
Already in early April, reports began surfacing that Berlin is interested in purchasing Israeli-made air- and missile-defense systems, in addition to unmanned aerial vehicles.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a little over a month old,...
IsraAID delivers cargo of humanitarian, medical aid to war-torn Ukraine
A large cargo of medical and humanitarian aid was recently collected and delivered to Ukraine by the Israeli international humanitarian aid organization IsraAID and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Israel-Ukraine.
A total of 31 pallets...
Ukraine embassy says Jews will be unable to visit Uman for Rosh Hashanah
The Ukrainian embassy in Israel said in a released statement that due to Russia’s ongoing war, those who are hoping to make the annual pilgrimage to the gravesite of Rabbi Nachman in the city...
Israel continues to walk a diplomatic tightrope between Russia and Ukraine
Israel continues to struggle to maintain integrity while balancing its delicate diplomatic relationships with both Ukraine and Russia. While Israel’s Ambassador to Russia Alex Ben Zvi received a summons on June 16 to explain an alleged...
Top US Nazi hunter tapped to lead investigation into war crimes in Ukraine
A new U.S. Justice Department team focused on identifying and prosecuting those who have committed war crimes in Ukraine will be led by a former Nazi hunter for the DOJ, announced Attorney General Merrick Garland on...
To date, Jewish Federations deliver 1 million pounds of aid to Ukraine
Since Russia went to war with Ukraine on Feb. 24—with more than 14 million people displaced from their homes and nearly 7 million of them seeking refuge in other countries—Jewish Federations of North America...
How do Putin and Zelensky get the Holocaust so wrong?
t’s a piece of the Holocaust that even scholars misunderstand, or neglect altogether. And it’s a story unknown even to the descendants of a quarter-million Holocaust survivors.
The United Nations Holocaust Outreach Programme hosted author...
Israel ambassador returns to Kyiv, raises Jewish flag at Ukrainian embassy
Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky returned this week to Kyiv, raising the Jewish state’s flag on a pole just outside the embassy building on Tuesday.
“Good to be back,” he posted on Twitter along with a...
Israeli organization helps Ukrainian refugee kids get smart classrooms to continue studies
While the war in Ukraine rages, Israel-based international humanitarian aid and disaster relief organization SmartAID has set up online “smart classrooms” in Moldova, Poland and other neighboring countries.
Here, first- to 12th-graders fleeing the war can continue...
American Jewish community mobilizes to resettle Ukrainian refugees in midst of war
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...