Section: Israel
Two historic former synagogues destroyed in Poland and Ukraine
Synagogue built in 1500s in Ukraine and century-old buildings formerly used as synagogue in Poland demolished. …read more Source: Arutz...
Ukrainian Jews disagree on anti-Semitism
Poll of Ukrainian Jews shows deep divisions on the issue of anti-Semitism. …read more Source: Arutz...
Putin adviser denies antisemitic conspiracy about Ukraine’s new president
The reports on the op-ed, which was published Monday in the Zavtra news website, prompted an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson to call the op-ed “conspiratorial and anti-Semitic.” …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
US envoy stunned by absence of anti-Semitism in Ukraine election
Anti-Semitism played no role in Ukrainian election which featured Jewish candidate, says Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism. …read more Source: Arutz...
Ukraine may adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism
The country is also applying for membership in the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Ahead of Independence Day, 220 new immigrants from Ukraine
Another 37 new olim from other countries including Uruguay, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Brazil, Venezuela and France come also come this week. …read more Source: Arutz...
Elkin invites new Ukranian President to Israel
Born in 1978 to Jewish parents, Zelenskiy became Ukraine’s first Jewish president. Ukraine’s Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman is also Jewish. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Ukraine applies to international task force on Holocaust education
“The absence of anti-Semitic rhetoric during the campaign is a miracle, a stunning fact that shows how far Ukraine has come.” …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Knesset Members vow Jewish continuity at Jewish conference in Ukraine
MKs meet with President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky and attend ‘Kyiv Jewish Forum’ hosted by the Jewish confederation of Ukraine. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
President-elect of Ukraine meets with local chief rabbis
The delegation presented Zelenskiy a Torah in Russian. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...