western Ukraine

The former Great Synagogue of Lutsk, Ukraine. (The Center for Jewish Art/Foundation for Jewish Heritage)

Rare ‘fortress synagogue’ to return to Jewish ownership in Lutsk, Ukraine

The 17th-century structure, which the Germans destroyed and the Soviets turned into a sports facility, last served as a Jewish house of worship in 1942.

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 22, 2021 3:25 pm

Chief of the National Police of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko attending a briefing in Kyiv, Ukraine on January 12, 2020. (Yevhen Kotenko/ Ukrinform / Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

Ukrainian police suspend senior officer who asked for a city’s list of Jews

Myhaylo Bank is on temporary leave pending an investigation into his actions, the country’s interior minister said.

May 21, 2020 11:00 am

DC rabbi says he found trash and bone fragments at Jewish mass graves in Ukraine

Shmuel Herzfeld and his children encountered what they believe to be human remains at Janowska and Rivne near Lviv.

August 3, 2018 10:55 am

Volunteers rescue Jewish headstones used to pave street in western Ukraine

June 28, 2018 8:23 am

Ukraine teens arrested in vandalism at Jewish cemetery

October 9, 2017 11:23 am

Bones unearthed during contested dig at former Jewish cemetery in Ukraine

November 11, 2016 6:15 am

Human rights group: Ukraine Jewish mausoleum fire may have been arson

November 9, 2015 5:59 am

Ukrainian historian makes career in Jewish heritage travel

By Alex Weisler January 12, 2012 5:18 pm

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