The letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was sent following repeated attacks by the Russian military in recent weeks on Jewish institutions. Just this past week, the Russian army shelled a Jewish cemetery in Kharkiv. “The holy places of the Jewish people are not a battlefield,” said Kyiv’s Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Yonatan Markowitz • Read More

Just days after assuming her post, the new U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Julie Fisher, chose to begin her diplomatic mission with a visit to the Babyn Yar memorial site in Kyiv — the site of the 1941 massacre where more than 33,000 Jews were murdered by the Nazis • Full Story

A special meeting took place in Jerusalem between Rabbi Yonatan Markovitch, Chief Rabbi of Kyiv and Chief Rabbi of Ukraine’s Prison Service, and Israel’s Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Kalman Ber • Full Story

During a brief visit to Israel, Chief Rabbi of Kyiv and Shliach Rabbi Yonatan Markovitch toured the Shomron as a guest of Regional Council Head Yossi Dagan. The two discussed a joint initiative to absorb Jewish refugees from the war in Ukraine into communities in the region • Full Story, Photos

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

During a visit to a military base near Kyiv, Rabbi Yonatan Markowitz, the Chief Rabbi and Chabad Shliach of the Ukrainian capital, witnessed a remarkable moment: a young soldier discovered he was Jewish—thanks to Matzah distribution • Full Story