Helen Chervitz is an American fashion writer in Kyiv, but since the Russian invasion has been writing about living in a country at war.
Helen Chervitz
By Helen Chervitz
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News After 547 days of war, I am ready to leave Ukraine again — this time, with sadness
Helen Chervitz helped desperate Ukrainians and connected with the country’s Jewish community. But the war has taken its toll on her.
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News Gifting Zelenskyy a grogger and other ways Ukrainian Jews prepare for Purim
The holiday’s narrative, of a beleaguered people standing up to a stronger power, resonates as Ukraine continues to defend itself against Russia
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News ‘I realize now how fragile human life is’: Four Ukrainian Jews reflect on a year at war
They have been separated from their children, been injured, seen death. They have relied on their faith
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First Person It’s dark in Kyiv. On Hanukkah, I call on American Jews to help.
The president of Ukraine is in Washington asking Americans for help. From my apartment in Kyiv, so am I.
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First Person Sukkot brought hope and warm weather to Kyiv. Then a missile struck blocks from my apartment
"Since the beginning of the war, I had never thought my life was in danger. Monday was the first time that I realized it could have been the end for me."
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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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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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News This Jewish Ukrainian professor could still be teaching. He chose to go to war instead.
'For more than a dozen years I had been teaching students what civic duty is. For me, those words mean something,' said Maksym Gon, 56.
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