War in Ukraine
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News 5 questions for a Kyiv rabbi as the High Holidays approach
‘This year people will pray heartily for the horrors of the war to be over,’ said Rabbi Joseph Azman
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News ‘The Jews have arrived’: In Bucha and other decimated towns near Kyiv, a Jewish group distributes sorely-needed supplies
The aid that comes four boxes at a time from the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine has been a lifeline for Jews and non-Jews in areas hit especially hard by the war and its subsequent economic crisis
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Fast Forward In rare and delicate statement, Russia’s Chabad rabbis call to ‘end the suffering’
The plea comes amid praise by other clergy for the war that Vladimir Putin has vowed to continue
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First Person 34 years ago I left Ukraine because it was no place for Jews. I’m not ready to leave again.
‘I swore I would never set foot in the country again. Yet here I am,’ writes Helen Chervitz
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Opinion ‘Ya Ukrainets’
‘I am Ukrainian’: With war, Jews of Ukrainian descent embrace their identity
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News In an era of war, Ukrainian refugee kids get a summer break thanks to Jewish charity
New York's central Jewish charity is sending millions of dollars for critical services in Ukraine, Ukrainian refugees in Europe and summer camp scholarships for Ukrainian kids in New York
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Culture Meet the Jewish songbird who dropped everything to save Ukrainian lives
Ukrainian American singer Daniil Cherkasskiy felt little connection to his home country. But after the Russian invasion, he knew what he had to do
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News Is this Russian rabbi fair game for sanctions, or being held to a double standard?
A Chabad rabbi singled out for sanctions says he doesn’t support the war in Ukraine. His critics say he hasn’t done enough to oppose it
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Culture Why saying ‘L’shana Tova’ on Rosh Hashanah may not be the correct phrase
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Culture A Jewish prophet of the 1980s would be horrified to see that we didn’t heed his warnings
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Opinion With killing of Hezbollah’s chief, Israel occupies the inarguable moral high ground
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Opinion This is the most disorienting Rosh Hashanah in memory
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