Section: Israel
Synagogue in Zhitomir, Ukraine, reopens for the holidays
The building is the only remaining synagogue of the 54 that were there before the holocaust. …read more Source: Arutz...
Rabbi airlifted to Israel after assault in Ukraine
Rabbi Mendel Deitsch, a longtime Chabad-Lubavitch emissary in France and more recently in Israel, was assaulted at the city’s central train station early Friday morning. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Chabad rabbi beaten in Ukraine
Chabad emissary Rabbi Mendel Deitsch was brutally attacked at Zhitomir’s central station. Public is asked to pray for his recovery. …read more Source: Arutz...
Israel Police sent 15 officers to Uman to help with unruly Israelis
Each year, at the request of Ukrainian forces, Israel sends a task force to help in enforcing order amongst the tens of thousands of Israelis who make a pilgrimage to the burial site of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov. …read more Source: Yedioth...
Watch: Fighting on Uman-bound flight, Shenanigans at Kiev airport
Passengers fight on a flight from Israel to the town where Rabbi Nachman of Breslov is buried; while passengers claim alcohol is to blame, crewmembers express concern that this incident might repeat itself. …read more Source: Yedioth...
Drugs and unruly behavior on flight caused emergency landing
El Al pilot makes emergency landing in Ankara on the way to Ukraine …read more Source: Arutz...
US suspends contacts with Russia on Syria, as Russia suspends plutonium treaty
Faced with a truce in Syria that never truly took hold, the US suspends talks with Russia regarding the deal; Russia also decides to air out its grievances against the US, suspending their plutonium disarmament treaty over disputes regarding Syria and Ukraine. …read more Source: Yedioth...
Debate looms over Ukraine’s Holocaust memorial event
Senior state historian in Ukraine accuses Rivlin of repeating a Soviet “myth” about Ukrainians’ complicity in the Holocaust. …read more Source: Arutz...
Ukrainian President: No Ukrainian has the right to forget Babi Yar
This was by far the largest commemoration of Babi Yar in Ukrainian history, and stood in sharp contrast with the country’s years under Soviet rule. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Ukrainian President: No Ukrainian has the right to forget the Babi Yar massacre
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
