The opening of the school year at the Jewish Or Avner Chabad School in Odesa carried special significance this year. Among the 127 children from the Mishpacha orphanage who attend the school are children who were born just before the war began and have never known a day without sirens, shelters, or the fear that lurks beneath everyday life • Full Story

For the fifth consecutive Tishrei season, Ukrainian Jews are preparing for the Yomim Tovim under the shadow of the devastating war. This year, tens of thousands of Jews in 169 communities that remain under Ukrainian control received personal holiday packages—but getting them there proved more challenging than ever, particularly in communities near the front lines • Full Story

In the heart of Kyiv, surrounded by major logistics centers, a production line is working at full pace, filling jars of pure honey that will soon be included in tens of thousands of Rosh Hashanah packages for Jews across Ukraine. “We are operating under complex circumstances, but the sweet tradition of Rosh Hashanah will not stop,” organizers say • Read More, Photos

Amid a worsening water and energy crisis in Kherson, humanitarian aid was delivered to the city’s Jewish community with the assistance of local Shliach Rabbi Yossi Wolf and the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine (FJCU). With access to safe drinking water severely disrupted by repeated attacks on local water and energy infrastructure, hundreds of Jews remaining in the city are facing increasingly difficult conditions • Full Report, Photos

A moving and impressive ceremony was held in recent days in the Jewish section of the Verkhnezarechenskoye Municipal Cemetery in Volgograd, Russia, formerly Stalingrad, marking the dedication of a new memorial to the Jewish Holocaust victims murdered by the Nazis during World War II • Read More, Photos

Ahead of the 2026–2027 academic year, the Jewish Relief Network Ukraine (JRNU) has once again launched its annual “Together to School” initiative, providing new school backpacks to hundreds of Jewish children from families facing financial hardship across Ukraine • Read More, Photos