Moscow's chief rabbi in exile says Jews should leave Russia while they still can before they are made scapegoats for hardship caused by the war in Ukraine. The Guardian published more details. “When we look back at Russian history, everyone…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 22 used the word "war" in reference to the fighting in Ukraine, publicly avoiding his elaborate title of Moscow's invasion as a "special military operation" for the first time. The publication CNN told in more detail. “Our goal is not to spin the flywheel of a military conflict, ...
For sisters from Ukraine, Florida is the land of salt water, rollerblading and a safe harbor. They hope that their father will be able to join them and that their stay here is not temporary. The path of the sisters was long and hard, but now, being safe, ...
“These days, when Jews around the world light candles in memory of the wonder of the world and the resilience of our people, we think about Ukrainian Jews and the trials they have had to endure this year,” the president and executive...
On December 19, at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, in the presence of Polish President Andrzej Duda, a ceremony of lighting Hanukkah candles will be held, in which immigrants from Ukraine living in Poland will take part. Singer and musician Yuri Vedenyapin, Yiddish teacher at…
The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) for the first time will send Russian-speaking and Ukrainian-speaking volunteers to Moldova, Spain and the Czech Republic to work with refugees from Ukraine. Volunteers of Jewish federations have been working in Poland and Hungary since March of this year. Volunteering is expanding in response to requests...
The other day, the press reported that the American Paul Whelan, who is serving a sentence in a Russian colony on charges of espionage, ended up in a prison hospital. According to the American media, his brother David, Paul is alive, but his state of health is unknown. Sunday David...
The protracted nature of the war, the rise in prices, the mobilization that affected many Russian families, the defeat in the Kharkiv region and the withdrawal from Kherson ... It would seem that all these factors should help even the Russians who supported the war to slow down their militaristic ardor and begin to doubt that …
The Jewish Federations of North America have decided to allocate an additional $7 million to provide emergency assistance to Ukraine. Humanitarian assistance to 22 Ukrainian Jews will be provided through the Joint Distribution Committee of American Jews. The allocated funds will be used to purchase and distribute blankets and…
Zambia has asked Russia to explain how one of its citizens, who was serving a prison term in Moscow, ended up on the battlefield in Ukraine, where he was killed, according to Reuters. Stanley Kakubo, Zambia's foreign minister, said on November 14 that Russia had notified Zambia of…