En route to Lugansk, lies, bribes and high fives JTA’s Cnaan Liphshiz describes the subterfuge necessary to gain access to rebel-held eastern Ukraine.
Huddling by fire, Jews in rebel-held Ukraine keep synagogue alive Freezing conditions add to the challenges facing the 2,000 Jews who remain in a city gripped by a humanitarian crisis.
For ‘hardcore’ Jews displaced by Ukrainian fighting, Israel beckons Having fled the fighting in Lugansk and Donetsk, increasing numbers of Ukraininan Jews are despairing of returning to their homes.
