Corona relief: Even under normal circumstances, Ukraine’s health and welfare systems are in a difficult state. Most of the medical...
Month: April 2020
On eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day: Anti-Semites attempt to torch Kherson Synagogue
Last night, at 2:45 am, two unknown youngsters approached the Grand Synagogue and JCC of Kherson, Ukraine, and attempted to...
Odessa’s Medal of Honor Awarded to City’s Chief Rabbi
Last week, during the festival of Passover, the Mayor of Odessa, Mr. Gennady Trukhanov, made a formal visit to the...
World’s oldest Jew passes away at 106
Chaim Goldberg of Vladivostok, Russia, was a WW2 veteran Chaim Goldberg, who was the world’s oldest living Jew, passed away...
President of Ukraine sends greetings to the Jews of Ukraine for Passover
The President of Ukraine, Mr. Vladimir Zelensky, sent his greetings to the Jews of Ukraine in honor of the festival...
Putin congratulates Russia’s Jewish community on Passover
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated his country’s Jewish community on Thursday for the Passover holiday. “This ancient holiday reminds people...
Lukashenko wishes Happy Passover to Jewish community
MINSK, 8 April (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has congratulated Jewish people on Passover, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. The head...
Jewish FSU Prepares for a Very Different Passover
Hundreds of Jewish communities, in both large cities and small towns and villages across the former Soviet Union, are now...