Jews in Ukraine

Jewish couples get married in Kyiv for first time since war started thanks to weekend ceasefire

The Jewish Community Center Beit Menachem from Kyiv held a mass wedding ceremony over the weekend that included couples of all ages, including a pair aged 92.

One of the couples who got married this weekend in Kyiv.
AN APARTMENT building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine April 23, 2026.

Dnipro Jewish community leader’s home damaged in Russian strike, wounding child

RABBI JONATHAN Markovitch celebrating Passover with his community.

Kyiv chief rabbi on Holocaust remembrance: ‘We must not live inside it' - interview

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on during an interview with Reuters, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, March 25, 2026.

Zelensky signs law criminalizing antisemitism, making it punishable by up to eight years in prison


Camp Ramah returns to Ukraine despite ongoing war

Ramah Yachad, a Ukrainian Jewish summer camp, has returned to western Ukraine despite the ongoing war with Russia.

 A view of the city at sunset, during a rain, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine August 8, 2023.

Aliyah dips in West, surges in Russia amid Ukraine conflict

Israel has seen a decrease in immigrants making aliyah from Western countries while aliyah from Russia and Ukraine has increased.

 Ukrainian refugees are seen arriving in Israel as part of Operation Israeli Guarantee, on March 6, 2022.

Most of Kherson’s Jews fled when Russia invaded, a flood could make the rest leave

About 20 Jewish families have been directly affected by the flooding so far, and they are taking shelter in Jewish institutions.

 A woman takes a picture of the sunset from an embankment in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, where flood waters from Kakhovka dam destruction reach the city, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, June 8, 2023.

Elderly Ukrainian-Jewish woman injured in Russian shelling of Kyiv

The woman, said to be over 80 years old, was injured in Russian shelling that killed a Ukrainian mother and daughter on Thursday. 

 Rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman visits a Ukrainian Jew injured during Russian shelling of Kyiv on June 2, 2023

Ukraine's Jews celebrate Lag Ba'Omer in different ways

"The state of war continues to greatly challenge the Jewish routine... [we will] continue to preserve both the communities and the Jewish year cycle."

 Ukrainian Chief Rabbinate strolling through cities of Ukraine.

US and Ukraine behind drone attack on Kremlin, Russia claims

Washington should be aware that Russia knew it was selecting the targets and Ukraine was merely implementing US plans, the Kremlin said.

 A still image taken from video shows a flying object exploding in an intense burst of light near the dome of the Kremlin Senate building during the alleged Ukrainian drone attack in Moscow, Russia, in this image taken from video obtained by Reuters May 3, 2023

Yael Eckstein, JPOST’s Humanitarian Award recipient, is a hero of the Jewish people - Opinion

An example of one person making a big difference.

Rabbi Shlomi Peles

Ukraine military appoints rabbi as first-ever Jewish Religious Officer for Jewish soldiers

Rabbi David Milman has been informally tending to Jewish soldiers for many years, his position was made formal by the Ukrainian military.

 Rabbi Milman with Col. Trashok

Passover: Chabad of Poland holds 'mega-Seders' for Ukrainian refugees

The "mega-Seders" took place on April 5 and 6 – as outside Israel, there are two Seders as opposed to just one – and were held in Russian, Polish, Hebrew and English.

  Jewish Ukrainian refugees celebrate Passover at Chabad center in Warsaw, Poland.

Embodying a story of trauma and liberation, Ukrainian Jews celebrate Passover amid new normal

Dozens of Jews from Kharkiv made the roughly six-hour train journey to Ukraine’s capital on Tuesday for a seder organized by Midreshet Schechter.

A Ukrainian Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) drives, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near the town of Izium, recently liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, September 19, 2022.