Tag: Ukraine
Israeli field hospital for Ukrainian refugees to be named after Golda Meir
Israel announced on Monday that it has officially approved a field hospital for refugees in Western Ukraine.
According to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, the humanitarian mission—dubbed “Kochav Meir” in Hebrew (“Shining Star”)—is named after the late Israeli...
Bennett speaks with Putin, Zelensky as mediation efforts on war continue
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky separately on Monday as the Israeli leader’s mediation efforts continued.
Bennett spoke with Putin for about an hour-and-a-half with the two...
Yeshiva University students head overseas to assist Ukrainian refugees
With more than 1.5 million Ukrainians fleeing to neighboring countries amid Russia’s invasion in what U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi calls the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II, a humanitarian...
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...