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


President of Ukraine’s Jewish community: Israel should increase humanitarian aid

When asked about the potential amendment to the Law of Return, president of the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine Boris Lozhkin said that he and his counterparts are “not happy with this suggestion.”

Boris Lozhkin to speak at Kyiv Jewish Forum online.

Flight of Miracles: 100 Ukrainian Jews arrive in Israel

While thousands are suffering in the war in Ukraine, miracles came true for 100 immigrants who arrived safely to Israel.

 Ukrainian Jewish immigrants arrive in Israel

We need to help olim from post-Soviet countries - opinion

While Israel claims that new immigrants are desired and encourage aliyah, for many people emigration turns into severe mental health problems.

 Churpin family making Aliyah from Ukraine

Jews of Ukraine will spread the light of Hanukkah despite the war with Russia

The war with Russia has led to the departure of 50,000 Jews from Ukraine, as well as the deaths and injuries of hundreds of Jewish community members.

 The Hanukkah kits distributed to children across Ukraine.

Ukrainian Jews have historically spoken Russian - the war has changed that

Jews have remained predominantly Russian-speaking, even in parts of western Ukraine where Ukrainian has long been the dominant language.

 A bookshelf at Medzhybizh with texts in both Hebrew and Russian

Chabad’s annual conference celebrates 120 new Jewish community centers worldwide

The conference is a week-long event and allows most of Chabad's 5,646 rabbis the opportunity to meet with friends and colleagues.

 Thousands of Shluchim pose for a “class picture” outside Chabad World Headquarters

73% of Jews in Ukraine will have to choose between food and heat – survey

The IFCJ announced that they will be transferring $6.5 million worth of assistance to organizations working on the ground with local Jewish communities.

Among Ukrainian Jews, 97% of those surveyed expect difficulties in heating their homes due to financial and other constraints. Close to three quarters of those surveyed expect to have to choose between food purchases and heating their homes.

With winter looming in Ukraine, Jewish groups send generators and other support

Jeiwsh groups are directing their efforts toward making sure that Ukrainian Jews can remain warm and safe during winter.

 Jews from Ukraine arrive at a Jewish community center in Chisinau, Moldova, Feb. 25, 2022.

A mental health crisis increasing in Ukrainian people amidst war - opinion

Research has documented alarming rates of trauma and stress-related mental health problems among war-affected and forcibly displaced Ukrainians.

 A woman next to the body of her neighbor found under debris of a home destroyed in a Russian missile attack in Mykolaiv, Ukraine on November 1

A plea to Israel: Help Ukraine against Russia, Iranian drones - opinion

Israel and Ukraine are inherently less safe if the Russia-Iran alliance continues to deepen.

 A part of an unmanned aerial vehicle, what Ukrainian military authorities described as an Iranian made suicide drone Shahed-136 and which was shot down near the town of Kupiansk, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, is seen in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, in this handout picture released September 13, 2022