Tag: Ukraine
Joseph Lieberman: US inaction against Russia empowers Iran
America, the four other permanent U.N. Security Council members and Germany should realize that allowing Russia to get away with its invasion of Ukraine “will encourage countries like Iran to be more aggressive with...
Lapid meets Romanian counterpart in Bucharest to discuss Ukraine crisis
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met in Bucharest on Sunday with his Romanian counterpart, Bogdan Aurescu, to discuss the Ukraine crisis and the refugee issue. Following his meeting with Aurescu, Lapid was scheduled to...
Former largest yeshivah in world becomes refugee camp in Poland for Ukrainian Jews
A yeshivah in Poland that was once the largest in the world has been converted into a refugee camp for Ukrainian Jews fleeing their home county as Russia’s war continues.
Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva operated in...
Jewish refugees outside Moldova’s capital struggle with their next move
Some 5,000 Jewish refugees have reached safety in Moldova, a small country wedged between Ukraine and Romania. A fraction found shelter at the Dacia Marin recreation center, 15 miles east of the capital Chisinau....
One Israeli killed in Ukraine, another reportedly captured by Russian Navy
An Israeli citizen was killed by Ukrainian forces on Monday evening, and another has been taken prisoner by the Russian navy, Israel’s Foreign Ministry reported.
Roman Brodsky, 37, was shot and killed while trying to...
Even when Israeli citizens do not want to go back to Israel the Jewish...
The Jewish Agency for Israel has opened six aliyah-processing stations at Ukrainian borders, the agency said on Saturday night.
The stations are located in Poland, Moldova, Romania and Hungary, and are being operated through a collaboration...
New York’s ‘Little Odessa’ Jews react to Russia-Ukraine conflict
News travels in an instant these days, and the updates coming out of Europe are hitting hard in a south Brooklyn neighborhood. Brighton Beach is home to one of the largest Ukrainian populations outside...
Bennett speaks with Ukraine’s Zelensky, pledges humanitarian assistance
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday amid the ongoing Russian invasion.
“The two leaders discussed the situation in Ukraine, with an emphasis on the Kyiv region,” a readout...
Blinken speaks with Lapid on the situation in Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday to discuss the situation in Ukraine.
According to a State Department readout, the two foreign ministers discussed “the premeditated, unprovoked,...
Moldova Jewish community comes to Ukrainian Jews’ aid
The Moldova Jewish community, which has in recent weeks been preparing to help thousands of Israelis and Jews fleeing the emerging war zone in Ukraine, has said it is ready to transport people from...