For aliyah promoters, Ukraine’s troubles provide a boost
Jewish Journal
September 1, 2015
Until April of last year, Julia Podinovskaya felt like she had a pretty good handle on where her life was going.
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Jewish-Christian charity helps Ukrainians move to Israel
Jewish Journal
April 1, 2015
Tatyana Orul would have moved to Israel years ago if not for her job as a television journalist in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, which interested her too much to give up.
Jewish woman killed by shelling in eastern Ukraine
Jewish Journal
February 11, 2015
A Jewish woman was killed in the eastern Ukraine city of Donetsk when shells fired by pro-Russian insurgents hit her home.
Ukraine rebel leader uses anti-Semitic slur to describe country’s leaders
Jewish Journal
February 3, 2015
The leader of Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels used an anti-Semitic insult to describe the country’s political leaders.
Worst east Ukraine shelling for month; cease-fire looks in doubt
Jewish Journal
November 10, 2014
East Ukraine\’s rebel stronghold Donetsk was pummeled on Sunday by the heaviest shelling in a month, and the OSCE said it spotted an armored column of troops without insignia in rebel territory that Kiev said proved Moscow had sent reinforcements.
For ‘hardcore’ Jews displaced by Ukrainian fighting, Israel beckons
Jewish Journal
August 12, 2014
Each time he dispatches a car into Lugansk, Rabbi Shalom Gopin readies himself for hours of anxious anticipation.
Ukraine threatens rebels with ‘nasty surprise’ in new push
Jewish Journal
July 8, 2014
Ukraine\’s government kept up military pressure against pro-Russian rebels on Tuesday, threatening them with an \”nasty surprise,\” while the militants said they were preparing to fight back after losing their main stronghold.
Fighting rages in eastern Ukraine town, residents flee
Jewish Journal
June 4, 2014
Ukrainian government forces battled separatists with artillery and automatic weapons on Wednesday in a second day of fighting in and around Slaviansk, forcing many residents to flee.
Divided eastern Ukraine city calm after battle, rebels seek Russian help
Jewish Journal
May 28, 2014
An uneasy calm returned to the streets of Donetsk on Wednesday after the biggest battle of the pro-Russian separatist uprising in eastern Ukraine, a conflict transformed by the landslide election of a pro-European leader who vowed to crush the revolt.
Israel rescues Ukrainian Jews stranded by fighting
Jewish Journal
May 27, 2014
Israel\’s Jewish Agency came to the rescue of two Jewish Ukranian families after rebels seized control of Donetsk airport as they were waiting to emigrate to Israel, an agency spokesman said on Tuesday.
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