News

Their mission statement is uncomplicated: to spread “the life-changing message of Jesus Christ.” Inna herself has led prayer ...
A Jewish school in the Ukrainian capital suffered “significant structural damage” after being hit by a Russian drone, according to the Kyiv Jewish community operating the center.
Kyiv rabbi opens synagogue as a refuge: ‘No bomb shelter, but we can be together’ Jewish leader in beleaguered Ukrainian capital fears looting as he stockpiles food, fuel in community center ...
Jewish settlement in Ukraine predates the region’s recorded history, according to the Yivo Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe, which says Kyiv had a Jewish quarter as early as the 11th century.
Estimates of the Jewish population in Ukraine ranged before the war from just under 50,000 to up to 400,000, depending on who counted.
Hunkered down in Kyiv, where they run the Kyiv Jewish Center, the Markovitchs said they decided to stay in the city “because we have a flourishing community of 2,500 here that depend on us.” ...
After meeting with the students, Zelensky spoke with rabbis affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, which operates the school and much of Jewish life in Ukraine, inside a bunker built at ...
Despite ongoing attacks, Kyiv’s Jewish community marks Shavuot with Torah readings, support for soldiers and prisoners, and widespread aid distribution. Israel National News ...
Rabbi Jonathan Markovitch holds a fragment of a Russian drone that damaged the Chabad-run Perlina school in Kyiv, Ukraine, Oct. 30, 2024. (Courtesy Kyiv Jewish Community) ...
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.
Fast Forward Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits Kyiv Jewish school for model Passover seder “Many in Ukraine and Israel will celebrate Passover, the holiday of freedom, in shelters,” Zelenskyy said ...