By Avi Cohen, Israel Hayom— The “Kohav Meir” (Shining Star) field hospital in the town of Mostyska near the Polish border was set to begin accepting patients Tuesday, with an inauguration ceremony also scheduled for that day Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Israel is the first country to set up a field…
By Dr Inna Rogatchi– The Death of a Rabbi Nowadays, there is hardly a holiday in Jewish life which comes without a cloud of sorrow. Just days ago, we were mourning the life of 21-year old British student taken so senselessly and so brutally in another terrorist attack in the heart of Jerusalem. And then,…
By Katie Engelhart, Vice News— On a recent afternoon, a large white van pulled up to a red brick building on the outskirts of Dnepropetrovsk, a city in eastern Ukraine. A woman with a plump face and dark eyes stepped out. She smiled hesitantly, looking out at one of several newly built transit centres for…
By Jewish Telegraphic Agency— Rabbis from Israel and Ukraine opened an office in eastern Ukraine that will help prospective immigrants to Israel prove they are Jewish. The office, which opened last week in Dnepropetrovsk, aims to facilitate the process for those seeking to immigrate to Israel under its Law of Return for Jews and their kin.…
By JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY— A Holocaust monument in Ukraine was vandalized with a red swastika that the perpetrators painted over a Star of David symbol. The vandalism in Nikopol, an eastern Ukrainian city located 60 miles from Dnepropetrovsk, occurred on June 16, according to a report Tuesday by the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine.…
By CHRISTIANITY TODAY— Nearly one year after Jews for Jesus launched one of its most successful and controversial evangelism campaigns, more than 1.3 million people worldwide have watched That Jew Died for You. The three-minute YouTube video depicts Jesus carrying the cross to a gas chamber. The film’s goal was to “reshape views of Jesus…
By JTA— Israel implemented special procedures to speed up the immigration process for people with Jewish origins from Ukraine’s conflict zones. The new procedures were implemented earlier this month and formulated in a new executive directive issued by the headquarters of Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority to its branches, the authority’s spokesperson, Sabine Haddad, told…
By JEWISH AGENCY— A group of six olim (immigrants) from the city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine landed in Israel a short time ago (Tuesday, May 27) following a fast-paced operation put into action by The Jewish Agency for Israel due to the battles surrounding the city’s airport. Battles between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels…
By SAM SOKOL, JPOST— Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky forecasts a 400 percent increase in immigration from Ukraine for the coming year, citing worsening economic conditions and the ongoing civil war in the country’s east as contributing factors. Speaking with The Jerusalem Post by phone from Dnipropetrovsk on Sunday, Sharansky said despite the avowed intent…
By JORDAN SCHACHTEL, BREITBART— A Jewish synagogue was reportedly firebombed over the weekend in the Ukrainian city of Nikolayeve, a Black Sea port city with an estimated population of 500,000. At this time, neither the identities of the perpetrators nor what side they are aligned with in the ongoing regional conflict has been established. Luckily,…