Odessa

Jewish orphans evacuated from Odessa to Berlin at Ukraine war’s start are headed home again

Mishpacha Orphanage has been spending 750,000 euros a month to feed, house and educate 120 children in Berlin, its leaders say.

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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.

In a Romanian resort town, Jewish children from Odessa celebrate Purim as refugees

“I just want to return as soon as possible,” said one woman who is staying in a hotel rented by Tikva, a children’s aid group from Odessa.

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Ukraine’s Jews hunker down as long-feared Russian invasion becomes deadly reality

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For elderly Jews in the former Soviet Union, COVID-19 lockdown loneliness is debilitating

A barman preparing a cocktail at Kosher Bar in Odessa, Ukraine on Sept. 25, 2019. (Courtesy of Kosher Bar)

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The first kosher bar in the former Soviet Union serves up cocktails and Torah lessons

Shlomo Artzi, left, and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin singing together on April 13, 2015. (Courtesy of the Spokesperson of the President of Israel)

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Women singers not welcome at charity concert promoting unity among Israelis

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Who are the Jews of Ukraine?

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Anti-Semitic slogans painted on 3 Jewish buildings in Odessa, Ukraine

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In Search of Persecuted Writer Isaac Babel’s Legacy

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