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Having just passed the three-year mark since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war, we speak to Ukrainian Ambassador to South Africa Liubov Abravitova about this unpleasant...
Three years after South African filmmaker Ronnie Apteker fled Ukraine as Russia invaded on 24 February 2022, he is back in his beloved city of Kyiv,...
“My family is now in Israel, and the biggest injustice is that my son [who is six years old], is facing his second war in two...
Most historians consider the Holocaust to have started with Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in 1933 and to have ended after World War II in 1945....
The leaders of seven African countries last weekend undertook an unlikely and gaffe-plagued peace mission to Ukraine and Russia, where the battle on the ground remains...
JTA – Just more than 100 years ago, in April 1922, my great-grandparents emigrated to the United States with their four children, fearing for their lives...
JTA – In a historic building in the most industrial part of Podil, the hipster district of Kyiv that once was the heart of the Jewish...
The life of Sana Nelina, who grew up in the Jewish community of Odesa, was forever changed on 24 February 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine, unleashing...
Exactly a year ago, on 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. Well, it reinvaded. It had been conducting military operations in eastern Ukraine unabated since 2014....
JTA – Under a haze of early morning cigarette smoke, two Jewish men from Ukrainian cities in areas occupied by Russia were discussing how much they...
The war in Ukraine hasn’t just taken a toll on Ukrainians, but on first responders, survivors of genocide and their descendants, as well as those watching...
Firefighters in Ukraine are now more likely to have the equipment they need to deal with the horrors of the war thanks to the efforts of...
There’s no reason to expect Russia’s war with Ukraine will end any time soon because the stakes are too high for President Vladimir Putin, Bill Browder,...
South African-born Rebbetzin Rochi Levitansky has travelled between seven countries since she fled Ukraine six months ago. Like millions of others, she found herself on a...
“In five or 10 years’ time, there’ll probably be a museum dedicated to what’s happening in Ukraine. What will be in that museum? Will it be...
Israel’s relationship with Jewish communities around the world is now “more of a two-way street”, says Sam Grundwerg, the world chairperson of Keren Hayesod United Israel...
JTA – In hard-hitting language, the Biden administration is set to accuse the Russian government of antisemitism and of exploiting Jewish suffering through its claims that...
Before the Ukraine war, Lola Landa’s restaurant in Lviv, called Jerusalem, was grabbing attention for its delicious take on Ashkenazi cuisine. Most South African Jews would...
It’s been just more than 100 days since Russia invaded Ukraine, bringing fear, chaos, and loss to millions who just wanted a peaceful life. One of...
Two Johannesburg businessmen heeded the recent call from Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein to help Ukrainian Jews, setting up a 50th birthday fundraiser which raised R750 000....
The department of international relations and cooperation (Dirco) has been criticised for citing the Israel-Palestine conflict in the same breath as Ukraine, and ironically, urging the...
So, here we are again … running away. Two years ago, we all ran into our houses; we shut down our lives; we isolated; and we...
Not many people would flee a war only when things were truly dire, then fly back into the humanitarian catastrophe to host a seder for refugees...
I loved my time in Russia. Floating down the Moskva River with the smell of cooking chocolate swirling from the Red October Chocolate Factory. Meandering through...
Imagine having your house blown up, civilians killed in your neighbourhood, and the organisation you work for attacked. Russian soldiers made this the reality of the...
(JTA) Israeli physicians and Jewish groups are assisting thousands of non-Jews across Ukraine deal with the effects of the Russian invasion into that country. Near Lviv...
(JTA) During Veronika Maidanova’s first two days attending school in Israel, the eight-year-old felt completely lost. “Everyone spoke Hebrew and I didn’t understand anything,” she recalled,...
She’s a single mother of two young children with a brother in Ukraine and colleagues who have lost their homes to Russian bombings. A woman she...
The son of parents who survived the Holocaust, South African-born Solly Kaplinski is now helping Jews in Ukraine survive the war. Kaplinski, who grew up in...
Spending a night in a bus stuck in the snow in a remote area of Moldova is not the place you would normally find a South...
Most of Ukraine is fighting back against the Russian invasion, but some towns have fallen and have been occupied by Russian forces. One such city is...
Like many Italian youngsters, 19-year-old Viola Turone looked forward to travelling as a high school exchange student. But unlike many of her peers, she chose to...
As an endless column of humanity streams across Ukraine’s border with Poland, there are countless aid agencies and Polish citizens waiting to meet them. Among them,...
(JTA) Konstantyn Batozsky believes he’s on a list of so-called “neo-Nazis” to be rounded up “Gestapo-style” and “exterminated” by Russian forces seeking to enter Kyiv. Batozsky,...
Instead of taking her four kids to the park or the beach on Sunday, 6 March 2022, Alana Baranov and her husband, Gary, took them to...
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world, Johannesburg interior architect Kim Kur decided to form a circle of support to get South Africans home. But in...
As much of the world unites in support of Ukraine, many in our community are looking for ways to assist those still in the Eastern European...
South African teacher Johan Nel had a draining and dangerous journey to escape war-torn Ukraine. He recounted his experience at a SA Jewish Report webinar on...
As the Russian invasion plunges Europe into war and Ukraine struggles against the might of the former Red Amy for survival, we dive head first into...
A man gets his wife and baby into their car at the crack of dawn while bombs fall around him. In a state of shock, he...
