Far-right Israeli minister finds enemy in JDC, the mainstream American Jewish aid group Itamar Ben-Gvir calls the Joint Distribution Committee, which since 1914 has distributed billions in dollars of aid across 70 countries, including Israel, a “leftist organization.” By Philissa Cramer March 17, 2023 4:43 pm
In Ukraine, Jewish charity buys 40 electric cars to manage rising costs of delivering aid Since Russia invaded in February, normal fuel prices have skyrocketed. August 9, 2022 11:00 am
How Russia’s war is undoing 30 years of Jewish community building in Ukraine “It feels like we’ve gone back in time to 30 years ago,” said one rabbi in Vinnytsia, where half the Jews have left amid deadly Russian attacks. July 20, 2022 5:42 pm
Ukraine’s Jews hunker down as long-feared Russian invasion becomes deadly reality By Cnaan Liphshiz February 24, 2022 9:06 am
Amid pandemic misery, India’s Jews try to stay safe while offering relief to the hardest hit By Cnaan Liphshiz May 6, 2021 5:21 pm
No pickles, no shankbone, no cemetery visits: Central Asian Mountain Jews try to preserve centuries-old Passover traditions By Cnaan Liphshiz March 19, 2021 1:45 pm
Jewish schools in Europe get added $2.7 million in donations to help them through coronavirus crisis By Cnaan Liphshiz September 15, 2020 4:54 pm
For elderly Jews in the former Soviet Union, COVID-19 lockdown loneliness is debilitating By Cnaan Liphshiz June 25, 2020 5:04 pm
Hummus is becoming popular in Ukraine. Jews there opened a zhug factory to capitalize on it. By Cnaan Liphshiz December 23, 2019 4:11 pm