Jacob Judah
By Jacob Judah
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Fast Forward Refugees have grown some Ukrainian cities’ dwindling Jewish communities, potentially forever
The main synagogue in Lviv, in the relative safety of western Ukraine, has seen the number of Jews it’s helping more than triple since before the war. Many may never leave.
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Fast Forward ‘We don’t know who is alive’: Concern mounts for Jews living in Russian-occupied Ukraine
Jews who fled the four regions that Russia now claims say they often can’t through to those they left behind, and when they do, the news is grim
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News Defying Ukraine’s wartime warnings, thousands of Hasidic pilgrims have made it to Uman for Rosh Hashanah
Some are ignoring curfew and other local rules imposed since the Russian invasion — a war that has seen the town bombed multiple times
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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 Why Scotland’s fiercest soccer rivalry features Israeli vs. Palestinian flags
Jewish Celtic and Rangers fans feel caught in the middle of a fight that many say has more to do with Scotland’s deep religious and cultural divides than it does with Israeli-Palestinian politics
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Fast Forward A TikTok rabbi helps Jewish Ukrainian refugees feel comfortable in Moldova shelters
CHISINAU, Moldova (JTA) — MacBook under his arm and sporting the latest AirPods, Shimshon Izakson looked as if — with a change of outfit — he could have just stepped out of a hipster cafe in a trendy neighborhood of Moscow or Bucharest. But he was in a Jewish center’s sports hall in downtown Chisinau,…
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Fast Forward At the Moldova border, Jews from Odessa wonder when they’ll be able to return home
PALANCA, Moldova (JTA) — When you stand under the border post between Ukraine and Moldova, things feel almost normal. There are a dozen cars being processed. There is a border guard drawing on a cheap cigarette. There is even a duty-free shop where you can buy yourself a coffee. And yet there was nothing normal…
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News In Moldova, Ukrainian Jewish refugees find refuge from the war in synagogues and Jewish centers
CHISINAU, Moldova (JTA) — A mother cradles her child. An old man clutches a large plastic bag into which he has crammed all the belongings he could fit. The children who are old enough to understand what is happening are silent, those who are not are tugging gently at their grandmothers’ coats. This is one…
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