Despite martial law, constant sirens, and the occasional explosion heard in the distance, life continues in Dnipro, Ukraine’s Golden Rose Synagogue, the center of Jewish life in the city of 1,000,000.  “Every day, collective prayers are held in the synagogue,” says Shliach Rabbi Abraham Yosef Yitzchak Karshenbaum, “several lessons are held during the day so that the words of the Torah sound in the main prayer hall constantly” • Photos

Despite thousands of local residents fleeing the war-torn country of Ukraine, many families have remained behind, spending Pesach under constant threat of danger. Rabbi Shmuel Kaminetzky, Senior Shliach to Dnipro, Ukraine, conducted the sale of chometz in the city’s Golden Rose synagogue, the city’s thriving Jewish hub, on behalf of Jews both local, as well as refugees who left the city in the wake of Russia’s invasion • Photos

A Jewish wedding took place in Ukraine on Monday night, the 40th day of the war, in the first such simcha since the war began. The wedding of Alexander Tolkach and Tatiana Gvinyashvili was held in the city of Dnipro and was attended by only about 25 guests instead of the hundreds they invited four months previously • Full Story, Photos

On Feb. 24, two shipping containers laden with 20,000 pounds of shmura matzah were slated to head out of port in Odessa, Ukraine, on their way to Orthodox Jews in the United States. Two hours before they were to be loaded onto a ship, Russia invaded • Full Story

While the war in Ukraine rages on, the city of Dnipro remains relatively quiet as local Ukrainian armed forces fortify the city of 1 million people. Meanwhile, despite large evacuations of members of the city’s Jewish community, the Golden Rose was packed with men, women, and children to celebrate the joyous holiday of Purim. Images courtesy of the Dnipro Jewish Community • Photos, Video