Odessa
Rabbi Shmuel Yerish: From teaching in Ukraine to creating Jewish kids' toys in Hadera
Rabbi Shmuel Yerish is grateful that “here in Israel you can live a full Jewish life, without judgment or reproach.”
At least 14 wounded in Russian attack on Ukraine's Sumy region, PM says
Ukraine beach explosions kill three in Odessa, drones target southern Russia
Historic Ukrainian synagogue significantly damaged by Russian drone strike
Ukraine-Russia War: Russian says it seized Lysychansk Oil Refinery - RIA
Russian missiles struck an apartment building and two holiday camps near Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa early on Friday, killing at least 19 people and wounding dozens.
Chabad emissaries launch humanitarian campaign
The Hartmans have launched a campaign through the Worldwide Chabad Friends of Odessa
US patrol boats sent to back up Ukrainian Navy near Black Sea
The new boats are part of a security package to Ukraine worth over $2.5 billion since 2014, the year when Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula.
The first kosher bar in the former USSR serves cocktails and Torah lessons
A bar that fills the unique niche of jews in Odessa
Ukraine Jews bring spicy fundraising idea - country’s first zhug factory
Ukranian Jews are producing zhug in the hopes of meeting communal needs amid a slowing economy
New exhibition reveals the secrets of the Israeli ‘Mayflower’
On December 19th, 1919, Ruslan, carrying 600 travelers from Odessa, docked at the port of Jaffa. It has been dubbed “the Israeli Mayflower,” because many of its passengers entered Israel's pantheon.
Texas shooter bought gun in private sale, after ban due to mental illness -ABC
The gunman, identified as Seth Aaron Ator, 36, carried out the shooting spree in the neighboring cities of Midland and Odessa
Ze'ev Jabotinsky’s fake news incident
‘Fake news” is not a new concept. Ze’ev (Vladimir) Jabotinsky, whose yahrzeit, or death anniversary, is today, the 29th of the Hebrew month Tammuz 1940, was a victim.
Who are the Jews of Ukraine?
Jewish presence in Ukraine predates the first recorded use of the country’s name. Historically, though, they haven’t had an easy life for most of that time.
Jabotinsky’s home saved from demolition, to be declared historic site
Communications Minister Ayoub Kara flew to Ukraine last week after local media reports said Jabotinsky’s childhood home, built in 1880 on Odessa’s historic Jewish Street, was in danger.