Russia Ukraine War

‘Just vote against Bibi,’ Garry Kasparov urges Russian-Israelis ahead of Knesset election

The former chess world champion suggested that Prime Minister Netanyahu’s ouster could help Ukraine and weaken the Putin regime in Moscow

By Hayley Cregor

2 min read

Russian former chess world champion Garry Kasparov attends the Warsaw Security Forum in Warsaw, Poland, on October 12, 2026 (Getty Images)

World Jewish Relief

World Jewish Relief Ukraine partner employee loses home in attack, but survives – along with five rescue cats

By Hayley Cregor

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Two Israelis reportedly detained in Ukraine for conscription

By Canaan Lidor

2 min read

Photo of attack in Kyiv (Image: Julia Goldenberg)

World Jewish Relief

‘People hid wherever they could’ – World Jewish Relief Kyiv partner speaks of terror after Russian attack

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

Paul Anticoni OBE and Julia Goldenberg (photo: Viktoriia Nemtseva)

World Jewish Relief

WJR partner organisation’s director survives Russian rocket attack

By Ben Conway

1 min read

World Jewish Relief

World Jewish Relief Ukrainian refugee scheme boosts UK economy by £31.5 million

By Arthur Popivker

2 min read

Rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman (centre) with the author, Amar Singh Bhandal (right)

By Amar Singh Bhandal

Ukraine – the country where soldiers queue to thank a rabbi

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Jewish-Ukrainian vodka tycoon targeted in Monaco bombing

‘Typical Dnipro Jew’ Vadym Iermolaiev, his partner, and his young son were hospitalised after a blast at their luxury apartment complex on Monday

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

July 1, 2026 11:58

Members of a bomb disposal team operate the day after an alleged attack involving an explosive device in the lobby of a residential building in Monaco, on June 30, 2026 (Getty Images)

By Lord Davies

The Chief Rabbi of Odesa’s plea for the 100 war orphans in his community’s care will stay with me forever

The international community must stand with Ukraine and support its fight for a just and lasting peace. What happens in Ukraine matters to all who believe in democracy, sovereignty and the rule of law

2 min read

June 16, 2026 17:18

Lord Davies (with microphone) speaks at the Chabad Synagogue in Odesa next to Rabbi Wolf on the left (Image: Lord Davies)

Son of Putin’s ‘number one enemy’ Bill Browder sanctioned by Russia after exposing crypto laundering scam

Alexander Browder found himself in the Kremlin’s sights after exposing ‘illegal’ cryptocurrency transactions funding Moscow’s war in Ukraine

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

June 5, 2026 14:28

Alexander Browder in Parliament with Baroness Hodge at the launch of his report on Russian cryptocurrency laundering (X/AlexanderBrowder)

Ukraine threatens Israelis with sanctions over ‘stolen’ grain ship

The vessel is waiting to dock at Haifa, but is being examined by the Israel Tax Authority

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

April 28, 2026 14:41

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the press at an informal meeting of European Union leaders on April 23, 2026, in Ayia Napa, Cyprus (Getty Images)

Russian suicide drone strikes Great Choral Synagogue in Odesa

Leaders of the charity Tikva, which runs the shul, vowed they would ‘rebuild, restock and continue’

By Ben Conway

2 min read

March 19, 2026 14:55

A still from the footage in the aftermath of the strike showing the Tikva offices ablaze

Visiting the Kyiv synagogue where Jewish life continues under fire

The rabbi of the Ukrainian capital’s Brodsky Synagogue spends half the year on the frontline, encouraging troops

By Jake Wallis Simons

5 min read

March 11, 2026 10:01

Rabbi David Millman in. the shul in Kyiv

Tikva UK reflects on critical work it continues to provide for Odesa’s Jewish community

The fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was marked this week

By Ben Conway

2 min read

February 27, 2026 15:56

Jewish children from Odesa on a new mattress in the displaced persons camp in Bucharest (Photo: Tikva UK)

Siberian-born Jewish food writer Alissa Timoshkina’s recipe for hope this Purim

This sweet twist on kreplach, created in partnership with Ukrainian children’s charity Tikva UK, offers a fun alternative to hamantashen

By JC Reporter

3 min read

February 24, 2026 18:20

Food writer Alissa Timoshkina has partnered with Ukrainian children's charity Tikva this Purim (Picture: Lizzi Mayson)

‘A direct threat to the UK and Israel’: MPs call for tougher action against Iran at ‘kamikaze drone’ display

Parliamentarians told the JC that the use of the unmanned aircraft in Ukraine should be a wake-up call for all Western governments

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

October 23, 2025 13:24

An Iranian drone on display in Parliament (Image: David Taylor MP/X)

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Russia Ukraine War

‘Just vote against Bibi,’ Garry Kasparov urges Russian-Israelis ahead of Knesset election

World Jewish Relief Ukraine partner employee loses home in attack, but survives – along with five rescue cats

Two Israelis reportedly detained in Ukraine for conscription

‘People hid wherever they could’ – World Jewish Relief Kyiv partner speaks of terror after Russian attack

WJR partner organisation’s director survives Russian rocket attack

World Jewish Relief Ukrainian refugee scheme boosts UK economy by £31.5 million

Ukraine – the country where soldiers queue to thank a rabbi

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