Compared to Jewish communities which became virus epicenters, Russia’s Jews seem to have gotten off relatively easy thus far — and early synagogue closures may be responsible
The senior Ukrainian police official who demanded that a regional Jewish community supply him with a list of the names and contact details of its members has been fired from his post.
Every Friday for the last few weeks, thousands of Shabbat kits, each including challah, wine, candles, explanatory brochures, and a festive dinner, have been delivered to the homes of Jewish community members across Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and additional FSU countries.
Following the arson attempt on Kherson’s JCC and Grand Synagogue, the local police announced yesterday that it had arrested two neo-Nazi youngsters, aged 19 and 20.
The head of Lithuania’s Jewish community has strongly condemned a government-sponsored publicity stunt that showed hundreds of chairs marked with fake 1,000-euro notes lined up outside a state-of-the-art convention center that is being constructed on top of a Jewish cemetery.
Across Ukraine, FJC’s Jewish educational institution and frameworks continue to operate online due to the coronavirus epidemic while making sure that their less fortunate students can also participate.
Given the immediate danger to life due to the Coronavirus epidemic, the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine have launched a new emergency hotline named “For Life” to respond to the vital needs of Ukraine’s Jewish population
Some have long called for Sheptytsky to be made a Righteous Among the Nations, Israel’s title for non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews from the Holocaust.
Khrzhanovsky wants to bring his hyper-realistic cinematic style to the museum and make it, in the words of a former director of the project, a “Holocaust Disneyland.”
