Between Sirens and Drones: The Jewish Community of Kyiv Prepares for Shavuos

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3 weeks ago

Between Sirens and Drones: The Jewish Community of Kyiv Prepares for Shavuos

Photo credit: JCC Kiev

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Public readings of the Aseres Hadibros will be held this year at several locations throughout Kyiv • Jewish inmates received food packages with traditional dairy dishes • Over the past week, Torah classes on the meaning of Shavuos were held in prisons • Special Shavuos kits were sent to Jewish soldiers on the front lines • Chief Rabbi of Kyiv, Rabbi Yonatan Markovitch: “We are showing that Torah and Jewish tradition are alive and present everywhere, in every situation” • Full Article

Europe

2 years ago

Jewish Pride In Kyiv: Europe’s Tallest Public Menorah Kindled

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As every year, at Maidan Nezalezhnosti, in the heart of Kyiv and with the participation of the local leaders and a number of ambassadors, Europe’s tallest Menorah in Europe was lit. On the fifth night of Chanukah, Michael Brodsky, the Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine, was honored to light the Menorah • Full Story, Photos

Europe

2 years ago

Top Israeli Politician Meets With Kiev’s Chief Rabbi During Ukraine Visit

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Israeli MK Yuli Edelstein, chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, who is in Kyiv on a diplomatic visit during which he also met with President Zelensky, met yesterday with the Chief Rabbi and Senior Shliach of Kyiv, Rabbi Yonatan Markovich, together with Israel’s ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky • Full Story, Photos

Europe

2 years ago

Ukraine’s Chief Rabbi Joins President Zelensky at Babyn Yar Memorial Service

Photos: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service

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In the Shadow of war, Chief Rabbi of Ukraine and Senior Shliach Rabbi Moshe Azman joined President Volodymir Zelensky at the holocaust ceremony at Babyn Yar, to commemorate on International Holocaust Day in Babyn Yar • Full Story, Photos, Video

Europe

3 years ago

Despite War, Europe’s Tallest Public Menorah Goes Up In Kyiv

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In the heart of Kyiv and with the participation of the local leaders and ambassadors: Europe’s tallest Menorah in Europe was lit • Full Story, Photos, Video

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3 years ago

Jewish Ukrainian, One of “Chernobyl Children”, Now Saving Ukrainian Jews

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“I attribute the fact that about a thousand Jews escape the inferno in Ukraine every day and I have the power to rescue them – to Chabad,” says Georgii (Zvi Hirsch) Logvynskyi, former member of Ukrainian Parliament, “I received the chinuch and experience to do what I do from Chabad, which once rescued me and instilled the koach in me to rescue thousands more, dozens of years later” • Full Story