Yaakov Dov Bleich

Refugees with Jacuzzis: The surreal life of 200 Jews at a 4-star resort in wartime Ukraine

The luxurious amenities at the Jewish Irshava camp do little to counter the uncertainty of life in a war zone.

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 11, 2022 11:16 am

Ukrainian Chief Rabbi Ya’akov Dov Bleich holds a Torah scroll during the opening ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine on April 7, 2021 of a synagogue on the site of the Babi Yar 1941 massacre of Jews. (Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center)

Collapsible synagogue opens on former killing ground of Babyn Yar in Ukraine

“The building does not impose itself on the territory,“ its designer said, calling the ground “almost sacred.”

April 8, 2021 10:17 am

Ukraine to let in at least 5,000 Uman pilgrims for Rosh Hashanah, chief rabbi says

The visitors will have to wear masks in crowded places, and may have to get tested at the airport and install a monitoring application on their phones.

July 31, 2020 10:45 am

Yaakov Dov Bleich carrying a Torah scroll into the synagogue of Drohobycz, Ukraine on July 3, 2019. (Rephael Isaak Vilenskiy)

Ukraine synagogue where Menachem Begin was married gets Torah scroll

By Cnaan Liphshiz July 5, 2019 8:22 am

The head of Ukraine’s council of churches is a rabbi from New York

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 26, 2018 6:22 am

Ukrainian Jews cautiously optimistic on Russia-brokered cease-fire

February 12, 2015 7:35 am

Ukraine rabbi: U.S. Jews helped us beat Russia’s anti-Semitism propaganda

November 19, 2014 7:55 am

Shaken by Ukraine’s turmoil, Kiev Jews form self-defense force

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 23, 2014 4:22 pm

Russia and Ukraine at war — among the Jews anyway

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 27, 2014 4:27 pm

Russian Jewish group worried over anti-Semitism in Ukraine

March 20, 2014 7:45 am

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