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Ukrainian Refugee Children Find Respite at Poland Chabad Retreat

This August, more than 200 Ukrainian Jewish refugees enjoyed a two-week respite from the trauma of life in their war-torn homeland, as Chabad of Poland…

By Tzemach Feller

August 28, 2024

Judaism

After Two Years of War, Kyiv Chabad Dedicates New Mikvah

“Simcha” Jewish Community Celebrates Jewish Recovery Amid Crisis

By Staff Writer

March 4, 2024

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Features

Chabad-Lubavitch Partners With JFNA

JFNA and local Federations have worked together with Chabad-Lubavitch for many years on a wide variety of projects. Most recently, JFNA and Chabad have partnered…

By Staff Writer

February 20, 2024

Camp

Jewish Children Put War Out of Mind at Camp Gan Israel — Kharkiv, Ukraine

For children from the beleaguered city of Kharkiv, near the border with Russia in northeastern Ukraine, the sounds of war have been a part of…

By Staff Writer

September 4, 2023

Ukraine

New Wave Of Ukrainian Jewish Refugees En Route To Poland In Wake Of Kakhovka Dam Collapse

WARSAW – Following the breach of the Kakhovka dam in Southern Ukraine earlier this week, Ukrainian Jews are boarding buses and fleeing the country towards…

By Staff Writer

June 12, 2023

United States

A Rabbi, a State Senator, and Seven Hundred Winter Coats for Ukrainian Orphans

Rabbi JJ Hecht and Senator Ray Lesniak gifted toys and designer winter coats to over seven hundred orphaned Ukrainian children, and got a glimpse of…

By Yoni Brown

November 2, 2022

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Lifecycle

Against All Odds, Kharkiv Jewish Community Welcomes a New Member

The war-weary city fell silent for a moment as the Jewish community gathered to welcome their newest member.

By Yoni Brown

July 7, 2022

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Ukraine

Rabbi Moscowitz Returns to Wartorn Kharkiv

Three months after the war began, Rabbi Moshe Moscowitz drove fifteen hours back to his Kharkiv community and synagogue

By Yoni Brown

May 24, 2022

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Ukraine

Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky Visits Ukrainian Orphans

Secured by Chabad Headquarters, a generous grant allows the weary Zhytomyr community to begin rebuilding their lives

By Yoni Brown

May 12, 2022

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Podcast

Lamplighters 1 Year Anniversary: Our Favorite Stories

The 23rd episode in its series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

May 3, 2022

Passover

Massive Pesach Seders Welcome Refugees Across Europe

This Pesach, Chabad centers across Europe are hosting the largest seders in their history

By Yoni Brown

April 15, 2022

Ukraine

Vienna Springs into Action to Take In Ukrainian Students

The Lauder Chabad School in Vienna is going to extreme lengths to accommodate 700 Ukrainian refugee families—free of charge.

By Yoni Brown

April 13, 2022

Ukraine

California Rabbi & Ohio Trucker Rescue Paralyzed Grandmother in Ukraine

A baffling plea for help reached Rabbi Mendy and Esther Harlig on March 7th. A member of their Chino Hills, California community asked if the…

By Yoni Brown

March 30, 2022

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Ukraine

Sivan Rahav Meir Interviews Rabbi Shlomo Peles

It was almost midnight when I walked into the fully equipped Crisis Management Room. Magen David Adom has situated their mobile command center in the…

By Yoni Brown

March 29, 2022

Podcast

Ep. 21: Two Dramatic Journeys Out Of Ukrainian War Zones

The 21st episode in its series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

March 23, 2022

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Ukraine

Yeka Counselors Drop Everything to Be With Ukrainian Campers

When shells began exploding in Dnipro, Ukraine, Chabad’s local Mironova Boys’ School for Orphans decided it was time to leave. Mironova’s “parents”, David and Liora…

By Yoni Brown

March 22, 2022

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Ukraine

Hero’s Welcome for Chernigov’s Shluchim

The Russian siege trapped Rabbi Yisroel Silberstein, his wife Alizah, and their nine children in Chernigov, Ukraine. When the bombs began to fall, they miraculously…

By Staff Writer

March 9, 2022

Campus

Students Surprise Refugees with Busload of Food

Students touring Poland with Chabad on Campus responded to an unexpected chance to assist Ukrainian refugees

By Yoni Brown

March 9, 2022

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Ukraine

A War And a Wedding

Two Chabad emissary families travel through embattled areas, past army checkpoints and six countries, to a wedding celebration.

By Rena Udkoff

March 4, 2022

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Ukraine

Dispatches From Ukraine: “Thousands of Jews and Israelis are arriving in our city”

We’ve received countless phone calls from around the world, asking if we can help bring Jews to Lviv from eastern cities and help them across…

By Rabbi Menachem Gottlib

March 3, 2022

Ukraine

Dispatches from Ukraine: “We’re evacuating the Jewish community”

We set out on what would become a twenty-four-hour drive to the Romanian border. We didn’t breathe until we got across the border

By Rabbi Ariel Markovitch

March 1, 2022

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Ukraine

Dispatches from Ukraine: “We’re Facing a Humanitarian Crisis”

We’re just sixty miles from the Russian border, and Russian forces have surrounded the city

By Rabbi Yisroel Silberstein

February 28, 2022

Ukraine

Healthcare for the Body and Soul

Chabad at forefront of vaccine distribution effort in Ukraine

By Mussi Sharfstein

July 11, 2021

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Ukraine

President Zelenskyy Meets With Jewish Leaders

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Ukrainian Jewish leaders, among them many Chabad emissaries, to discuss safety and compliance with pandemic regulations during the upcoming High…

By Staff Writer

August 27, 2020

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