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 Raised without Judaism, Ukraine’s Conservative rabbi now leads 5 Jewish communities through war
‘When I look at people in prayer nowadays, I see how sincere and soulful they are, especially when praying for peace,’ said Rabbi Reuven Stamov
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Rachel Strugatsky was a surgical nurse in Jerusalem. Now she tends to the wounded at her Kyiv synagogue
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Three Ukrainian Jewish entrepreneurs talk about their work and faith as the Russian onslaught continues
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News ‘We don’t have time to prepare for Passover’: An interview with a rabbi in Kyiv
Helen Chervitz is a fashion writer in Kyiv, but since the Russian invasion, has been writing about living in a country at war. In her first piece for the Forward, Chervitz interviews Rabbi Reuven Azman about his efforts to aid refugees who have streamed to Kyiv from parts of the country hard hit by Russian…
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