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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

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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)

'Two Prosecutors'. (Photo: SBS Productions)

Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa’s new movie is banned in both Russia and Ukraine. He has no regrets

By James Mottram

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (Credit: Odd ANDERSEN / AFP via Getty Images)

Zelensky signs law criminalising antisemitism in Ukraine

By Daniel Ben-David

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

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Russian suicide drone strikes Great Choral Synagogue in Odesa

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

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

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

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

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A Ukrainian-inspired dish which offers a new twist on traditional Purim foods (Picture: Alissa Timoshkina)

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Sweet poppy seed and twaróg kreplach

By alissa timoshkina

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By Maureen Lipman

‘Eleanor’ wore its Jewishness lightly – a rarity in these times

The flawed script – it veers into improbability at a bat mitzvah – hardly matters: the acting is superb and Scarlett Johansson’s direction makes it linger

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January 9, 2026 11:45

(L-R) Chiwetel Ejiofor, June Squibb, Erin Kellyman and Scarlett Johansson of "Eleanor the Great" during the Toronto International Film Festival on September 07, 2025. (Image: Getty)

Limmud Ukraine shows Jewish life is ‘unbreakable’

The city of Lviv played host to a three-day festival of Jewish learning and culture at the weekend

By Simon Rocker

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November 3, 2025 15:06

Indomitable spirit: Limmud Ukraine 2025 (photo: Boris Bukhman)

Torah translated into Ukrainian for first time despite printing press being hit by Russian strikes

‘This is truly a huge step forward for all Ukrainian-speaking Jews,’ said Chief Rabbi Moshe Azman

By Jamie Shapiro

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October 28, 2025 15:22

The new Ukrainian Torah (Image: Chief Rabbi Of Ukraine Moshe Azman)

Rabbi escapes with his life as Russian drone hits synagogue moments after he stepped out to put up mezuzah

Kherson’s only synagogue has been damaged, but not destroyed, while Rabbi Wolff ‘miraculously’ avoided death or injury

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October 24, 2025 12:27

Some of the damage caused to the shul by the projectile (Photo: X/Rabbi Moshe Azman)

On Yom Kippur we bring before God a bleeding heart and a troubled conscience

What questions will be uppermost in our mind on the holiest day of the year?

By Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg

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September 28, 2025 13:00

Inspiring hope: Sharone and Yocheved Lifshitz

The kosher kitchens feeding war torn Ukraine

Inside the synagogue soup kitchens in Kharkiv and Dnipro busy feeding wartorn communities

By Felicity Spector

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August 21, 2025 14:55

The kosher kitchens feeding war torn Ukraine

Russian suicide drone hits historic synagogue in Odessa

The city's Jewish community has strongly condemned the attack as crossing a ‘moral red line’

By Daniel Ben-David

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August 5, 2025 16:28

The Old Peresip Synagogue on fire, August 4, 2025 (Credit: courtesy)

Maurice Helfgott

By Maurice Helfgott

British Jews unite to help people both in Israel and Gaza

Backed by the UK community and in coordination with Israeli authorities, World Jewish Relief provides vital humanitarian assistance to both sides of the conflict

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July 16, 2025 10:58

Annabel, partner of Israeli army sergeant Shoham Menachem, killed in action the previous day in the Gaza Strip, mourns during the funeral at the Yardena Military Cemetery in the village of Yardena near Beit Shean in northern Israel on July 15, 2025. (Getty Images)

Ukrainian girl receiving cancer treatment in Israel killed in Iranian missile strike

Nastia Borik had struggled to walk after undergoing a bone marrow transplant

By Jane Prinsley

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June 20, 2025 15:24

Ukrainian girl receiving cancer treatment in Israel killed in Iranian missile strike

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