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• Historic Ukrainian synagogue rededicated

  September 22, 2009 5:44pm

  A historic synagogue was rededicated in Ukraine decades after it was closed by the Communist Party.

• ORT eyes expansion in Moldova

  September 15, 2009 3:57pm

  The Moldovan government gave its approval to a World ORT plan to invest in vocational training in the country.

• Ukrainian mayor denies honoring rabbi

  September 10, 2009 5:00pm

  A Ukrainian mayor says reports that he wanted to honor Russia’s chief rabbi are false.

• Israeli delegation in Ukraine studying aliyah program

  September 9, 2009 10:05pm

  An Israeli delegation is in Ukraine to study the efficiency of a new immigration program.

• 25,000 Jews flocking to Uman

  September 8, 2009 4:12pm

  Some 25,000 Jews from all over the world are expected to make the annual pilgrimage to the central Ukrainian city of Uman.

• Holocaust memorial unveiled in Ukraine

  September 8, 2009 4:06pm

  A memorial to Holocaust victims was unveiled in a Ukrainian city whose mayor upset the Jewish community with anti-Semitic statements.

• Odessa confab marks ghetto, camp liberations

  September 6, 2009 4:42pm

  An international conference on the liberation of ghetto and concentration camp prisoners during World War II was held in Odessa.

• Ukrainian composer Dmitry Polonsky dies

  September 1, 2009 4:09pm

  Dmitry Polonsky, a Ukrainian Jewish composer, cellist and poet, has died.

• Ukrainian Jewish charity’s building vandalized

  August 30, 2009 3:37pm

  Vandals painted swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans on the main entrance of a Jewish charity’s building in southern Ukraine.

• Ukraine honors Kiev rabbi

  August 23, 2009 6:55pm

  A Ukrainian rabbi received one of his country’s top honors for religious leaders.