Jews in Ukraine

After 4 years of war, Ukraine’s Jews adapt to a life of sirens, shortages and uncertainty

The Russian invasion, which marks its fourth anniversary on Tuesday, has reshaped everything in the lives of Ukrainian Jews.

People charge their devices, eat and warm themselves at a mobile resilience hub set up in a residential district amid electricity and heating interruptions on Jan. 20, 2026 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
 Ukrainian Jewish children holding packages they received JNRU for Purim.

Hamantaschen from Israel, graggers, and fuel: Purim aid drive spans Ukraine

Morale and spirit are difficult measured resources in times of war, but it is the job of Ukrainian military chaplain Lt. Rabbi Yakov Sinyakov to keep the faith among the Ukrainian soldiers fighting against the Russian invasion.

Faith in a time of war: Ukrainian Jewish chaplain aids soldiers during tribulations - interview

Dnipro, Ukraine in January 2026.

Learning Hebrew in bomb shelters: How Dnipro Jewry endures Russian invasion


Ukrainian Christmas tradition depiction of Jews draws criticism after New Jersey pageant

The Christmas pageant, performed on Sunday in New Jersey, also included a Hasidic Jewish caricature, carrying a sack of coins and dancing with the devil.

Participants of nativity scene, Vertep in Ukraine, adjust their costumes before performing in the subway in Kyiv on December 24, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Beacons of light under fire

How Jewish schools in Ukraine are sustaining hope amid war

Chanukah in a shelter in Mykolaiv

Ukrainian Jews celebrate Hanukkah under Russian fire

President Volodymyr Zelensky was scheduled to attend the Kyiv ceremony but traveled abroad at the last minute for discussions with US representatives on peace negotiations.

Ukrainian Jews light Hanukkah candles

'No trust in our enemy’: Ukrainian Jewish official says he hopes for peace despite skepticism

“We have lived here for many years; we know the situation well; we also know the enemy well. We have been suffering here for almost four years in a very difficult war,” said the Jewish official.

A resident walks near a school building destroyed during Russian air strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine November 25, 2025.

Rabbi escapes minutes before Russian missile strikes Ukrainian synagogue

Russian missile strikes Ukrainian synagogue; Chabad rabbi escapes minutes earlier

Kherson synagogue damaged by Russian missile

Jewish-American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky dies unexpectedly at 29

Daniel Naroditsky, son of a Ukranian immigrant, had begun playing chess at the age of 6. His influence extended beyond the chessboard, according to the International Chess Federation.

Jewish-American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky

US special envoy meets Chabad rabbis in Ukraine amid shifting US stance

"Our meeting with him in this place, which symbolizes the destruction of Kyiv's Jewry, is the best proof of the flourishing of Jewish community life in Ukraine.”

 General Kellogg meets with Chabad emissaries.

‘Miracle’ in Ukraine: Rabbi and family survive Russian suicide drone hit completely unharmed

The suicide drone destroyed the front of the rabbi's Toyota Land Cruiser.

 Rescuers work at the site of a building destroyed during a Russian air strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kherson, Ukraine March 14, 2025.

Zhitomyr orphanage boys who fled Ukraine mark bar mitzvah milestone in Ashkelon

Five teenage boys who escaped the first week of Russia’s 2022 invasion celebrated their bar mitzvahs this week in Ashkelon.

 Five teenage boys who escaped the first week of Russia’s 2022 invasion celebrated their bar mitzvah this week in Ashkelon

Eduard Shyfrin to represent Ukraine in WJC as vice president

Dr. Eduard Shyfrin was elected to represent Ukraine as a vice president in the World Jewish Congress at its plenary session in Jerusalem this week.

 Eduard Shyfrin