Jews in Ukraine

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

While Sinyakov offers spiritual guidance as the first Jewish chaplain attached to a Ukrainian military unit, he explained that eighty percent of his work was psychological aid.

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.
Dnipro, Ukraine in January 2026.

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

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.

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

Chanukah in a shelter in Mykolaiv

Beacons of light under fire


While Ukrainian Jews have left due to the war, some have remained to invest in their communities

Since the start of the war on Ukraine, more than 15,000 Ukrainian Jews have moved to Israel, but the Jewish community of Ukraine remains part of the state's social fabric.

 A Ukrainian serviceman prays next to a memorial for the victims of Babyn Yar (Babiy Yar), one of the biggest single massacres of Jews during the Nazi Holocaust, during a commemorative ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine September 29, 2023.

For Ukraine’s Jews, the work is not yet done — even as the crisis rages into its third year

Two years after the conflict began, Ukraine’s Jews have inspired anew each day, resolute in the sure knowledge that they know exactly who they’re working for — each other.

 CHABAD EMISSARIES distribute gift packages and sukkot on wheels to the Jews of Ukraine.

Ukraine chief rabbi: Israel and Ukraine both fight 'axis of evil'

Ukrainian chief rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman told The Post that the way for the Jewish people to win against those seeking their harm is through education.

 Ukrainian chief rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman speaks at the Gala for the Yael Foundation Conference improving Jewish education.

Ukrainian Jews: Don’t forget about us, the war is not over

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: "I want to say to all the Jewish communities that we are in war; we are in a bad situation, we want to know that the Jews of the world are thinking about us."

 MASHA IS a student at the Odesa Chabad school who fled Kherson with her aunt.

Jewish rep. seen posing with Ukrainian soldiers wearing Nazi symbols

These soldiers are part of the Azov Assault Brigade, a unit that has garnered controversy for its alleged ties to neo-Nazi ideologies.

 Members of Azov battalion attend a rally on the Volunteer Day honouring fighters, who joined the Ukrainian armed forces during a military conflict in the country's eastern regions, in central Kiev, Ukraine March 14, 2020.

Zaporizhzhia Jewish community celebrates Sukkot amidst war

Zaporozhye's central Sukkah serves as a focal point for the community's resilience.

Zaporozhye's Jewish community celebrates Sukkot amidst war

In Kharkiv, rockets fail to dampen Jewish Rosh Hashanah spirit

Rosh Hashanah celebrations across Ukraine

Zelensky to Ukrainian rabbis: 'We need greater support from Israel'

The Jewish population here has united its destiny with Ukraine and is actively shaping its future," Rabbi Kamintzky declared.

 Zelensky posing with Ukrainian Jewish leaders

High Holidays’ roll call of ruin, is heartbreakingly real for the Ukrainian Jews - opinion

For Ukrainian Jews, the terrible things we fear are an unfortunate reality.

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish family takes part in the Tashlikh ritual, to symbolically cast away sins, ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, in Ashdod, Israel, October 3, 2022.

Chabad of Poland launches appeal for Ukrainian, Polish Jews during Rosh Hashanah

Since the start of the war, Chabad of Poland has seen an expenditure rise of more than $2m., so now they are requesting help ahead of the High Holy Days.

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