High Holiday Handbook Published in Ukrainian
Chabad of Ukraine and The Jewish Relief Network Ukraine (JRNU) partnered with JLI to translate a High Holiday Handbook into Ukrainian for the first time, bringing knowledge of Tishrei’s meaning, mitzvos, and messages to tens of thousands of Jewish families across Ukraine. Chabad of Ukraine and The Jewish Relief Network Ukraine (JRNU) partnered with JLI […]
All Ukraine Synagogue Doors Wide Open for High Holidays Under Conflict
Shofar, services and festive meals as Ukraine’s Jews pray for a peaceful new year Based on an article by Faygie Levy Holt | Chabad.org Amid the nightly buzz of armed drones over the capital city of Kyiv and continued missile attacks on cities and towns around the country, Jews in Ukraine gathered together on Saturday […]
Rosh Hashana in Ukraine: As missiles fall, Jews find hope, even joy
KHARKIV, Ukraine — The tables were laid, the candles were lighted, and the last rainy-day light was dying as prayerful voices rose toward the synagogue’s ornate domed ceiling. The Jewish New Year was beginning. Based on an article by Laura King | Los Angeles Times “Some might want us to be hiding and crying in the dark,” Rabbi […]
Novosibirsk: New School Will Integrate Special Needs Children
The inauguration of a brand new, state-of-the-art Jewish Day School in Novosibirsk, Russia that will integrate special needs children, was attended by over a thousand Jews, as well as the city’s mayor, government representatives, senators, well-known athletes, and many public figures. Thousands of members of the Jewish community of the Siberian capital city of Novosibirsk […]
Chabad’s Ukraine Food Aid Shifts from Imports to Local Production
50,000 Jews to receive emergency holiday food relief from FJC and JRNU By Faygie Levy Holt | Based on an article by Chabad.org A new food-relief program by FJC and Chabad to manufacture, produce and bake kosher foods within Ukraine will ensure that Jews will have a sufficient supply of items when they sit down […]
Chabad Joins Jewish Federation Mission to Ukraine
Chabad rabbis and emissaries joined the first-ever mission of American Jewish leaders to Ukraine to explore the dynamics of the crisis facing Ukrainian Jewry. Rabbi Shlomo Peles of JRNU Chabad relief agency and JRNU advisor Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie joined the mission. Chabad ‘Shluchim’ joined the first-ever mission of American Jewish leaders to Ukraine to explore […]
Ukraine Welcomes First New Rabbi Since Conflict Began
Rabbi Mendy and Mushky Halperin, and their son, Ari, have joined Chabad of Chernovtzy’s team Based on an article by Moshe New | Chabad.org | Photo: Rabbi Mendy and Mushky Halperin will be the first new Chabad emissaries in Ukraine since the beginning of the conflict. The historic city of Chernovtzy (Chernovitz), nestled in Western […]
Shofar Heard Once Again at Newly Discovered Second Temple Era Synagogue
Near the remains of a synagogue built in the period of the Second Temple, the Chief Rabbi of Krasnodar Menachem Lazar and a delegation of local Jews recited a prayer, and the sound of the shofar was once again heard in this historical place after thousands of years. Rabbi Menachem Mendel Lazar of Krasnodar was […]
Honey Factory in Ukraine Koshered For Rosh Hashana
Facing their second Rosh Hashana under fire, the Jews of Ukraine are preparing for the new year amid constant stress and anxiety. FJC and JRNU will provide thousands of food packages and honey jurs manufactured in a local Ukrainian facility that has been certified for a kosher run. Preparations are underway in the Jewish communities […]
Cutting-Edge Surgical Department to Open at ‘JMC’ Medical Center with State-of-the-Art Equipment
In a significant leap towards advancing the medical care provided to the Jewish and general populations of Dnipro, Ukraine, the surgical department at the Jewish Medical Center (JMC) is preparing to launch its operations within the premises of the world’s largest Jewish center ‘Menorah’ with the support of the Jewish Community of Dnipro headed by […]