Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Wolff vows to 'strengthen the community and rebuild' the shul after sanctuary 'completely destroyed,' ...

After three years of war, Ukrainians are emotionally and physically exhausted. Jewish organizations are trying to help with all kinds of therapy, including art therapy. (Courtesy of Hillel) When ...

Rabbi Jonathan Markovitch, a top rabbi from the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, is working with the Ukrainian military leadership to draft an army protocol to avoid the cremation of Jewish fallen soldiers.

(JTA) — A historic synagogue in Odessa, Ukraine, sustained significant damage following a Russian drone strike this week, one of several Jewish sites caught up in intense bombardments this summer. The ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Two members of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia are headed to Ukraine this weekend. The organization's CEO, Michael Balaban, is one of those flying to assist Jewish ...

Ukraine accused Belarus on Wednesday of trying to escalate a row over 2,000 Hasidic Jewish pilgrims stranded at a border crossing after Ukrainian border guards did not allow them to enter due to ...

“Your Presence Is Mandatory” by Sasha Vasilyuk is based on a family secret harbored by the author’s grandfather. A debut novel about a Ukrainian Jewish World War II veteran, and family secrets ...

CHIȘINĂU, Moldova — For most of her life, Peruvian-born Yvette Merzbacher wondered where her four paternal great-grandparents were buried. All she knew was that her grandparents came from Bessarabia, ...

Once a year, the sounds of music and prayer fill the streets of Uman. The city in Ukraine's Cherkasy region is a pilgrimage destination for tens of thousands of Orthodox Jews, who travel here to ...

More than 30,000 Orthodox Jews traveled to the Ukrainian city of Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, from September 22 to 24. The city is home to the grave of Rabbi Nachman ...

A debut novel about a Ukrainian Jewish World War II veteran, and family secrets unveiled against the backdrop of the 2014 Russian-Ukrainian war, has won the 2025 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.