Ukraine – The Jewish Federation Community News (formerly Jewish Sound)

March 26, 20150

In Ukraine, the JDC does its part to offset a humanitarian catastrophe

By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound Last Purim, Masha Shumatskaya was delivering mishloach manot to elderly Jews in her home c

March 5, 20150

For Ukraine Jews, Purim holiday merely a respite

By Alan H. Gill, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — Jewish perseverance, and more than a bit of chutzpah, lies at the heart of the Purim holi

September 22, 20140

Ukrainian health official: Uman pilgrims may bring Ebola

(JTA) -- A Ukrainian health official warned that Jewish pilgrims converging in Uman may bring with them the Ebola virus and other epidem

July 21, 20140

Fleeing ‘place full of death,’ Jews from eastern Ukraine weep for homeland

By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA World News Service DNEPROPETROVSK, Ukraine (JTA) -- Anatoly Lazaurenko's face betrays no emotion as he watches footage of an o

April 17, 20140

Fliers call on Ukrainian Jews to register with pro-Russian separatists

(JTA) — Pro-Russian separatists from Donetsk in eastern Ukraine denied any involvement in the circulation of fliers calling on Jews to register wi

February 25, 20140

Ukranian Jews wait out civil unrest

As the political turmoil rages on in the Ukraine, Jewish communities continue to awaiting nervously the outcome of the civil unrest. With a handful of