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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 426

Chisinau

File: Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion of their country are seen at the border in Palanca, Moldova, on March 14, 2022. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
December 24, 2022, 3:46 am
In Moldova, a tiny Jewish community struggles to stay warm as war rages next door
Skyrocketing fuel costs, inflation make situation dire for already cash-strapped Chisinau, as Ukraine war also brings refugees in
By Judah Ari Gross
IDF lone soldiers who immigrated from Ukraine and their families celebrate Rosh Hashanah in Chisinau, Moldova, September 20, 2022. (Chen Schimmel)
September 24, 2022, 10:26 pm
As war rages, lone IDF soldiers from Ukraine reunite with families in Moldova
Unique trip brings Israeli troops and their loved ones together in Chisinau ahead of Rosh Hashanah, after they were kept apart by Russian invasion
By Alexander Fulbright
Anna, with Vadik, 6, and Dasha, 3, at the Israeli Consulate in Chisinau, Moldova, March 17, 2022. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
March 21, 2022, 8:21 pm
From chaos to cooperation: Moldova learns to cope with Ukrainian refugees
‘We’ve become crisis experts in 3 weeks,’ says head of Joint Distribution Committee in Chisinau, one of a dizzying number of groups trying to care for those fleeing the war
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative. Jewish Ukrainian refugees at an emergency shelter sponsored by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews and Joint Distribution Committee in Chisinau, Moldova, on March 5, 2022. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
March 13, 2022, 11:10 pm
Israel to significantly shorten entry process for would-be immigrants from Ukraine
As more and more people with Jewish ties seek to immigrate, Israel will begin to let nearly all of them into the country, but only award citizenship after further screening
By Judah Ari Gross
Moldova's midfielder Vadim Rata and Israel's defender Eitan Tibi vie for the ball during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualification football match Moldova v Israel at Zimbru stadium in Chisinau on March 31, 2021. (Bogdan TUDOR / AFP)
April 1, 2021, 1:44 pm
Israel scores 4-1 win over Moldova in soccer World Cup qualifier
Blue and Whites come from behind after disappointing, tired start to punish 177th-ranked national team with a trio of goals within 9 minutes
By ToI Staff
The aftermath of vandalism at a Jewish cemetery in Chisinau, Moldova on Oct. 31, 2020. (Courtesy of the Jewish Community of Moldova via JTA)
November 3, 2020, 6:22 pm
Headstones smashed at Jewish cemeteries in Moldova, Hungary
Swastikas, pentagram and ‘666’ spray-painted on tombstones at graveyard in Moldovan capital of Chisinau, which has been vandalized 3 years in a row
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative: Rabbi Shimshon Izakson, second from left, praying with congregants at the Wooden Synagogue in Chisinau, Moldova on August 26, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
August 26, 2019, 11:44 pm
Moldova’s dwindling Jewish community reopens synagogue seized by Soviets
Hundreds attend ceremony at Wooden Synagogue in Chisinau, bringing number of Jewish houses of worship in country to 4
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) hosts Moldavian Prime Minister Pavel Filip in his Jerusalem office, November 9, 2017 (Amos Ben Gershom,/GPO)
June 13, 2019, 6:21 pm
Why Israel didn’t celebrate when Moldova vowed to move its embassy from Tel Aviv
Ramallah rushed to condemn the Eastern European ‘rogue state,’ but Jerusalem feels it’s being used by an increasingly isolated PM in Chisinau who won’t be able to keep his promise
By Raphael Ahren
A view of Chisinau, Moldova (CC BY-SA Wikimedia Commons)
November 1, 2018, 7:24 pm
Jewish cemetery vandalized in Moldovan capital
Meanwhile Jewish headstones uncovered in Ukraine under wooden floorboards of a military barracks
By JTA
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