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Zelig Brez, left, the director of the Jewish Community of Dneproptrovsk, with a local donor, Natan Zolotarevsky, on the roof of the Menorah Center in the eastern Ukraine city, July 15, 2014. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
July 30, 2015, 10:22 pm
Ukraine war reinstates Jews’ dependence on foreign charity
Economic disruption and a steep drop in war-wracked nation's currency deliver crushing blow to home-grown philanthropy
By Cnaan Liphshiz
In a photo pixelated for security reasons, David and his wife arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport from Ukraine Wednesday, July 1, 2015. (Baz Ratner)
July 1, 2015, 4:28 pm
Ukrainian Jew abducted by Russian separatists immigrates to Israel
While a tearfully thankful David and his wife were able to leave war-torn Ukraine, their daughter awaits her Ukrainian soldier husband's release from captivity
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
La Seu Vella cathedral in Lleida, Spain (CC BY 2.5 Hector Blanco de Frutos via Wikimedia Commons)
June 23, 2015, 7:00 pm
Spanish town marks Jewish underground railroad
Catalonian village marks fifth such route Jews used to escape Europe to neutral Spain during WWII
By Gedalyah Reback
Israeli soldiers and doctors bring in an earthquake victim who arrived by jeep on Friday afternoon, May 1, 2015 (Photo credit: Melanie Lidman)
May 1, 2015, 10:29 pm
When disaster strikes: Where Jewish aid is going in Nepal
In Israel, the earthquake meant dispatching first responders; in America, it meant raising, allocating money; and some groups were on the ground already
By Uriel Heilman
Masha Shumatskaya fled Donetsk, Ukraine, in June 2014. (photo credit: JTA/Uriel Heilman)
April 2, 2015, 4:58 am
Dodging bombs, Ukrainian Jewish refugee flees hometown
With thousands of other Jews, Masha Shumatskaya, 23, leaves war-torn Donetsk behind; welfare groups struggle to help the displaced and impoverished
By Uriel Heilman
Head of Boston's Combined Jewish Philanthropies Barry Shrage (far right) with a family of Internally Displaced Persons in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine during a March trip there. (Courtesy CJP)
March 27, 2015, 4:42 pm
For Ukraine’s Jews, $50 can stave off starvation
With no pensions or salaries, the growing displaced Jewish population is increasingly reliant upon international donations
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A view of the eastern Ukraine city of Kramatorsk as it is being shelled by pro-Russian forces on February 10, 2015. (screen capture: YouTube)
February 10, 2015, 10:47 pm
Rockets hit Jewish welfare center in Ukraine
No casualties reported as dud missiles slam into building housing Jewish organization in country's east
By JTA and Justin Jalil
Members of the Lugansk Jewish community standing in front of their synagogue's Torah ark, Dec. 11, 2014. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
December 21, 2014, 12:12 am
In Lugansk, an icy Ukraine winter tests a war-torn community
The remnants of the decimated Jewish community gather to light Hanukkah candles during the day to avoid violence
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Afya founder and executive director Danielle Butin in the Serengeti. (photo credit: TJ Allan)
November 21, 2014, 4:26 pm
Salvaged US medical supplies help fight Ebola in Africa
Alongside the JDC, Afya founder Danielle Butin enlists local Jewish volunteers to collect and send surplus equipment to aid those facing the epidemic
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Participants young and old flaunt their Jewish and Ukrainian pride at the Limmud FSU conference in Lviv, Ukraine, November 2014. (photo credit: Yossi Aloni)
November 14, 2014, 3:31 pm
Limmud FSU goes back to Galicia, to build a Jewish future
Away from the tumult of war, Limmud Lviv brings Jews from the former Soviet Union together for an intense weekend of learning -- and community building
By Yifa Yaakov
Jerry Silverman, CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America, speaking at the umbrella group's General Assembly in Jerusalem, Nov. 7, 2013. (Flash90/via JTA)
November 7, 2014, 6:01 pm
Are the Jewish Federations delivering on their promises?
Ahead of Sunday's General Assembly, a point-by-point look at some of JFNA's stated goals -- and whether it is meeting them
By Uriel Heilman
Sunset over Moscow (photo credit: Anna Kaplan/Flash90)
October 24, 2014, 8:04 am
Moscow JCC renamed for JDC’s Ralph Goldman
The late Jewish leader had spearheaded covert US Jewish aid to Soviet Jews behind the Iron Curtain
By JTA
Ralph Goldman (Courtesy: JDC)
October 7, 2014, 1:53 pm
Long-time JDC leader Ralph Goldman dies at 100
Also a central figure in Israel's establishment, Goldman was a driving force behind the the Joint's development into a leading Jewish humanitarian group
By Spencer Ho
Ralph I. Goldman (Image: YouTube Screen Shot)
September 14, 2014, 2:57 pm
Belarussian Jews celebrate JDC ex-leader’s 100th birthday
Ralph Goldman honored as part of Limmud FSU's opening ceremony
By JTA
Author David Bezmozgis' new nove 'The Betrayers,' takes place in Crimea and Israel. (photo credit: David Franco)
September 6, 2014, 6:23 am
Crimea and Israel form backdrop to new thought-provoking novel
A famous former Soviet refusenik faces the man who denounced him to the KGB in David Bezmozgis' 'The Betrayers'
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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