Who Are the Jews of Ukraine?
350,000 Jews are served by 200 Chabad couples in 35 cities and towns By Dovid Margolin | Chabad.org Ukraine has 350,000 Jews who call it home. For many Jews around the world, the name Ukraine conjures images of the place their grandparents or ancestors fled in the late 1800s or early 1900s, or as a […]
Kharkov: FJC’s Eastern Ukrainian Jewish School Celebrated 30 Years
Thousands of children have been educated in Kharkov’s Ohr Avner School Chabad.org Staff Last week 400 students of Kharkov’s Ohr Avner Jewish School excitedly marked 30 years since the eastern Ukrainian Jewish school opened its doors. In the summer of 1990, Rabbi Moshe Moskovitz, now Chief Rabbi of Kharkov, was sent to Ukraine’s second-largest city as a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary […]
Dnipro, Ukraine: Hundreds Attend Festive Torah Inauguration
Pola, a neighborhood located ten kilometers from the center of Dnipro with over ten thousand Jewish residents, celebrated earlier this week the inauguration of a brand new Torah scroll to its recently opened synagogue and JCC. Hundreds of excited community members, along with dignitaries and guests, attended the special event. “It was heartwarming to witness […]
The 92-Year-Old Man Who Made Me Cry
Rabbi Chaim Danzinger, Chief Rabbi of Rostov in Russia, shares a recent visit of his to a 92-year-old Jewish man who made him tear up upon asking a simple question. Lev is all alone in this world. And he hasn’t left his apartment in over 5 years as he can no longer walk down the […]
Jewish Knowledge Day Arrives at Leading Russian University
The High School of Economics in Moscow – considered one of the best academic institutes in Russia – proudly hosted the first part of a special and prestigious festival aimed at exposing its many Jewish students to Judaism’s unique values and ideals. The ‘Jewish Knowledge Day’ attracted hundreds of students, who enjoyed fascinating events and […]
160 communities across Ukraine will hold ‘Day of Prayer, Torah, Charity’
A special letter written by the rabbis and leaders of the Jewish communities in Ukraine specifies that Wednesday, which has been declared National “Unity Day” by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, will be dedicated by 160 Jewish communities in Ukraine to a special day of prayer, Torah learning, charity and good deeds dedicated to peace and […]
As Tension Rises: Praying for Peace and Standing with the Jews of the FSU
Hundreds of FJC community rabbis and leaders from across the former Soviet Union joined a meeting on Zoom to discuss the situation and send a message of peace and unity. “We are not involved in politics.” At a special Zoom conference attended by approximately 200 rabbis and community leaders from across the former Soviet Union […]
EnerJew Youth Movement Tzedaka Challenge Goes Viral
Aimed at endowing the Jewish values of giving charity and contributing to society in FSU’s future generation, FJC’s Jewish youth movement, EnerJew, has launched a special Tzedaka Challenge for its thousands of teenage members. Registration is now open for dozens of EnerJew clubs across the FSU to join, together with their members, the new attractive […]
Yekaterinburg: Stones Laid for Future Holocaust Memorial Monument
An emotional and touching ceremony took place last week in the courtyard of the Yekaterinburg Grand Synagogue and JCC. Stones were laid for the construction of a Holocaust Memorial Monument and tribute to the Red Army for their part in fighting the Nazis and liberating the death camps. Ten stones collected from mass graves across […]
Kaliningrad: Grave of ‘Father of Musar’ Movement Renovated
Towards the 139th memorial day of the passing of the renowned rabbi and scholar, founder of the Musar movement, Rabbi Yisrael Lipkin, more commonly known as Reb Yisroel Salanter, his gravesite in the Russian city of Kaliningrad (once Königsberg) was renovated by his descendants, the Ohalei Tzadikim Association, and the local Chabad rabbi and communal […]