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 Holocaust survivors celebrate High Holidays in Israel for first time

Two Holocaust survivors who fled Ukraine following the Russian invasion have celebrated the High Holy Days in Israel.

 Lenna Pancheko.

A tale of two aliyot - opinion

Ethiopian Jews and Ukrainian Jews make up the two biggest groups of olim this year. However, their reasons to do aliyah are different, and their Jewish experience is different.

 The writer poses with a community member at the Hatikva Synagogue in Gondar, Ethiopia.

IFCJ distributes 28 million shekels to Ukrainian immigrants and others in need for the holidays

IFCJ provided monetary support ahead of holiday season — “I know that we couldn’t be here and be able to live and have our children enjoy their new home and lives without this support.”

Jews making aliyah from Ukraine arrive on  International Fellowship of Christians and Jews sponsored flight

Ex-Moscow chief rabbi is the face of Russian-Jewish resistance to Putin

No. 22 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Former Moscow Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt.

Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt is the chief rabbi of Moscow.

Russia-Ukraine War made President Volodymyr Zelensky a global icon

No. 1 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, the most influential Jew in the world.

Jews around the world are preparing for Rosh Hashanah

Shelling notwithstanding, Jews in Zaporizhzhia are preparing for the High Holidays.

 Chabad Rabbi Yehoshua Vishedsky blows the shofar in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.

The world’s attention may be flagging, but Ukraine’s Jews still need our help - opinion

The vast majority of the country’s estimated 200,000 Jews have remained in the country.

 UKRAINIAN JEWS fleeing from the Russian invasion wait to receive their entry papers to Israel, at an emergency shelter in Moldova last week

E. Shyfrin -talks about Kabbalah of Information and condemns aggression against Ukraine

Eduard Shyfrin – a year of breakthrough and sorrow.

 PRAYING AT Rabbi Simeon Bar Yochai’s tomb in Meron. A 1st-century tannaitic sage in ancient Israel and an eminent disciple of Rabbi Akiva, Rashbi is attributed by many with the authorship of the Zohar, chief work of the Kabbalah

Reboot Start-Up Nation helps displaced Ukrainians join Israeli hi-tech

Five volunteers co-founded the organization to welcome displaced professionals and Russian-speaking olim into hi-tech in Israel.

 THE REBOOT’S Hebrew Conversation Club, a free professional meetup for displaced professionals and olim in partnership with Pearl Cohen and Yad L’Olim, in July.

Likud MK Nir Barkat makes unannounced trip to Ukraine's Uman

The former mayor of Jerusalem was also photographed praying there in the memory of Nachman of Breslov with Ukraine's Chief Rabbi Moshe Asman.

 Nir Barkat