War In Ukraine

This is the Forward’s coverage of the war between Russia and Ukraine, which escalated in February 2022 when Russia launched an invasion of the country.

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I’m joining this year’s March of the Living. It may be the last to include survivors

In 2019, 70 Holocaust survivors walked the historic route from Auschwitz to Birkenau. This year, there will only be eight.

By Nora Berman Apr 20, 2022 | 5 min read
Opinion
Shocked by Russian war crimes? My father never forgot them

What Russians are doing to Ukrainians echoes what Soviet soldiers did to concentration camp survivors

By Janine Winkler Apr 19, 2022 | 4 min read
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Holocaust survivor, 91, dies while hiding in basement in Ukraine

Vanda Semyonovna Obiedkova previously evaded Nazi arrest at the age of 10 by hiding in a basement.

By Rudy Malcom Apr 19, 2022 | 2 min read
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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,…

By Jacob Judah Apr 16, 2022 | 5 min read
News
‘There was nothing else to talk about’: How Ukrainian and Russian Jews sharing an apartment in Jerusalem are handling the war

JERUSALEM — Olga Stalgorova woke up Feb. 24 to find her friend Yulia Borysenko crying in the kitchen of their apartment in a downtown Jerusalem hotel. “They attacked us,” said Borysenko, a 26-year-old from Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital. “They,” of course, meant Russia. Which is where Stalgarova, 24, grew up. The two women — one from…

By Hillel Kuttler Apr 15, 2022 | 4 min read
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Despite danger and disruption, Ukrainian Jews prepare to celebrate Passover in public seders

(JTA) — Between air-raid sirens in Odessa, Svetlana Niselevitch, an 84-year-old Ukrainian-Jewish Holocaust survivor, has been preparing to join a Passover seder for the first time in her life. “We didn’t observe Jewish traditions in my family,” Niselevitch, a poet who was born in Kharkiv, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. But she said Russia’s invasion…

By Cnaan Liphshiz Apr 14, 2022 | 5 min read
Opinion
On the eve of Passover, a Russian Jewish heroine resists Putin

Alla Gutnikova is a Russian Jewish woman, and one of the former editors of the Moscow Higher School of Economics’ student journal “DOXA.” Gutnikova, along with four of her fellow editors, was sentenced to two years of correctional labor each for their role in a video questioning whether it was right for Russian teachers to…

By Alla Gutnikova Apr 14, 2022 | 6 min read
Opinion
‘How can I tell her that there is no more home?’ After leaving Ukraine, refugees face a bureaucratic nightmare

I decided to take the kids on a trip to cheer them up. A volunteer from Romania drove us to a local mall in Slovakia. These Ukrainian children will be starting school in Slovakia soon, and I wanted them to feel a little bit normal and excited by new clothes, backpacks and school supplies. I…

By Alexandra Gizhitsa-Anderson Apr 13, 2022 | 5 min read

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War In Ukraine

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I’m joining this year’s March of the Living. It may be the last to include survivors

Shocked by Russian war crimes? My father never forgot them

Holocaust survivor, 91, dies while hiding in basement in Ukraine

A TikTok rabbi helps Jewish Ukrainian refugees feel comfortable in Moldova shelters

‘There was nothing else to talk about’: How Ukrainian and Russian Jews sharing an apartment in Jerusalem are handling the war

Despite danger and disruption, Ukrainian Jews prepare to celebrate Passover in public seders

On the eve of Passover, a Russian Jewish heroine resists Putin

‘How can I tell her that there is no more home?’ After leaving Ukraine, refugees face a bureaucratic nightmare

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When my children decorate for Hanukkah, I don’t just see pride. I see pluralism in action.

‘The most Australian name’: Matilda, the youngest victim of the Bondi Beach attack, embodies a nation’s grief

A Wider Bridge, a pro-Israel advocate in LGBTQ spaces, is shutting down

פֿאַר וואָס הערט מען ניט וועגן דעם גלעצנדיקן וווּקס פֿון דער ישׂראל־בערזע? Why aren’t we hearing about the dramatic growth of the Israeli stock market?

War In Ukraine

The Latest

I’m joining this year’s March of the Living. It may be the last to include survivors

Shocked by Russian war crimes? My father never forgot them

Holocaust survivor, 91, dies while hiding in basement in Ukraine

A TikTok rabbi helps Jewish Ukrainian refugees feel comfortable in Moldova shelters

‘There was nothing else to talk about’: How Ukrainian and Russian Jews sharing an apartment in Jerusalem are handling the war

Despite danger and disruption, Ukrainian Jews prepare to celebrate Passover in public seders

On the eve of Passover, a Russian Jewish heroine resists Putin

‘How can I tell her that there is no more home?’ After leaving Ukraine, refugees face a bureaucratic nightmare

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Unarmed man who tackled Bondi Beach Hanukkah attacker identified as Ahmed al-Ahmed

First Puka Nacua, now Mookie Betts: Why do sports stars keep getting antisemitic around a Jewish streamer?

After MIT professor’s killing, Jewish influencers spread unverified antisemitism claim

I grew up believing Australia was the best place to be Jewish. This Hanukkah shooting forces a reckoning I do not want.

In Case You Missed It

When my children decorate for Hanukkah, I don’t just see pride. I see pluralism in action.

‘The most Australian name’: Matilda, the youngest victim of the Bondi Beach attack, embodies a nation’s grief

A Wider Bridge, a pro-Israel advocate in LGBTQ spaces, is shutting down

פֿאַר וואָס הערט מען ניט וועגן דעם גלעצנדיקן וווּקס פֿון דער ישׂראל־בערזע? Why aren’t we hearing about the dramatic growth of the Israeli stock market?

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