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Zhanetta Butenko's house was partially destroyed when a rocket crashed through its roof in early March, in Hostemel, Ukraine. (Jacob Judah/ via JTA)

September 17, 2022, 11:01 am

‘The Jews have arrived’: In Bucha, a Jewish group distributes sorely needed supplies

Even as private donations dry up, the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine says it’s supporting some 37,000 Jewish households at a monthly cost of $3 million

By Jacob Judah

In this image circulated to Israeli media, Jonathan Pollard and Rivka Abrahams-Dinon, who are engaged to be married according to their announcement September, 14, 2022.

September 15, 2022, 2:06 am

Former spy Jonathan Pollard engaged to be married

This will be Pollard’s third marriage after he lost his late wife Esther earlier this year; bride-to-be is a mother of 7 from Jerusalem

By TOI staff

An Emirati government official, center, greets Lea Hadad, left, and UAE Rabbi Levi Duchman during their wedding in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Sept. 14, 2022. (Sami Sasso)

September 14, 2022, 11:52 pm

Chabad couple holds UAE’s largest Jewish wedding on Abraham Accords anniversary

Around 1,500 guests, including Emirati royals, take part in wedding of UAE Chabad emissary Rabbi Levi Duchman; celebration considered largest Jewish event in UAE history

By Cnaan Liphshiz

A passerby attacks an ultra-Orthodox man on Allenby Street in Tel Aviv, September 2, 2022. (Twitter screenshot used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

September 7, 2022, 12:29 pm

Man to be charged for assaulting Haredi man in Tel Aviv

Police to also ask court to hold 26-year-old resident of Pardes Hanna until end of legal proceedings; victim was walking down Allenby Street when he was shoved to the ground

By TOI staff

September 6, 2022, 11:46 am

Man arrested on suspicion of shoving Haredi man to the ground in Tel Aviv

Police say they are questioning 26-year-old resident of Pardes Hanna; victim was walking down Allenby Street when he was pushed over

By TOI staff

September 5, 2022, 7:00 pm

Ultra-Orthodox man shoved to the ground by another man on Tel Aviv street

Victim was out encouraging passersby to lay tefillin; UTJ Knesset member calls for attacker to be charged with hate crime

By Michael Horovitz

Illustrative: Israeli doctors from LeMa'anam - For Their Sake: Physicians for Holocaust Survivors - give medical assistance to a Jewish Ukrainian who fled a war zone in Ukraine, at an emergency shelter in Chisinau, Moldova, March 13, 2022. (Yossi Zeliger/ Flash90)

July 13, 2022, 7:01 pm

Survey hails Jewish, Israeli aid groups’ Ukraine war response

Report by the OLAM umbrella group finds organizations worked well together during the crisis; interviewees express discomfort at prioritizing Jews, found amateurs got in the way

By Judah Ari Gross

Robert (Bobby) E. Crimo III. (City of Highland Park Police Department via AP)

July 5, 2022, 12:45 pm

Chabad rabbi says alleged July 4 Chicago shooter entered his synagogue

Rabbi Yosef Schanowitz, whose house of worship is near the site of Monday’s shooting in heavily Jewish Highland Park, says Robert Crimo wore a yarmulke but ‘seemed out of place’

By TOI staff and Agencies

A man visits the gravesite of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Chabad movement's spiritual leader, on the anniversary of his passing, New York City, July 3, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

July 4, 2022, 11:42 am

‘People are still getting killed’: Ukraine rabbis bring refugee prayers to New York

50,000 visit grave of Chabad Rebbe on 28th anniversary of his passing, including Ukrainian Jewish leadership, conveying pleas for peace from the displaced, orphaned and besieged

By Luke Tress

Whatsapp founder Jan Koum has quietly donated tens of millions of dollars to Jewish organizations now involved in relief efforts in Eastern Europe. (Designed by Grace Yagel with images from Getty Images and Wikimedia Commons/ JTA)

June 18, 2022, 4:36 am

WhatsApp’s reclusive founder has quietly become a megadonor to Jewish causes

Ukrainian-born Jan Koum has gone almost unnoticed in the world of philanthropy, but tax returns reveal that the multi-billionaire is one of his coreligionists’ largest supporters

By Asaf Shalev

Rabbi Yosef and Chana Lipsker, fourth an fifth from left, cut the ribbon in front of the new Chabad hospitality center. (Courtesy)

June 17, 2022, 4:52 pm

In the US, some fading Reform and Conservative synagogues go Orthodox to stay afloat

Chabad Hasidic outreach programs reverse decline and bring growth to congregations through a host of programming designed to foster a more traditional community

By Cathryn J. Prince

Rabbi Avraham Shemtov joins hundreds in attending the lighting of the National Chanukah Menorah on the Ellipse on the first night of Chanukah in Washington, DC, December 1, 2010 (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via JTA)

May 25, 2022, 1:53 pm

Chabad rabbis seeking return of texts are among many Jews on Russia’s entry ban list

Move seen as possible retaliation for movement’s decades-long effort to recover artifacts taken by the Soviets; rabbis among numerous US Jews targeted by Russia

By Ron Kampeas

Religious leaders from around the world hold a solidarity event in Chernitski, Ukraine, on April 12, 2022. (Elijah Interfaith Institute)

May 1, 2022, 6:27 pm

Religious leaders bring ‘message of hope’ to war-torn Ukraine

Israeli rabbi, American Jewish philanthropist, Chabad rabbi put on interfaith event in Chernivtsi with a message from the pope

By Judah Ari Gross

Rabbi Liron Ederi sits at his desk in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, in 2016. (Chabad.org via JTA)

April 28, 2022, 3:04 am

Zelensky’s parents’ local rabbi: They don’t understand why he wanted to be president

In an interview with an Israeli paper, Rabbi Liron Ederi gives rare insight into the lives of the media-shy parents of Ukraine’s Jewish president

By Cnaan Liphshiz

A rabbi and his students from Oholei Torah in Crown Heights, Brooklyn prepare to hand out shmura matzah to passersby near Lincoln Center in Manhattan, April 12, 2022. (Jackie Hajdenberg via JTA)

April 14, 2022, 2:39 am

Chabad stages worldwide celebrations to mark late leader’s 120th birthday

After street parties, Hasidic movement’s emissaries fan out across NYC in ‘mitzvah tanks’ to give out matzah as part of festivities memorializing Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson

By PHILISSA CRAMER