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Jonathan Markovitch

Rabbi Jonathan Markovitch, a Chabad emissary in Kyiv, celebrates the funeral of a Ukrainian Jewish soldier in June 2024. (Courtesy)
May 12, 2025, 10:32 pm
Kyiv rabbi seeks IDF guidance to avoid cremating Jewish soldiers in Ukraine
Chabad’s Jonathan Markovitch is working on protocol for handling remains of Jewish soldiers, as the Ukrainian army’s standard practice of cremation is barred under Jewish law
By Rossella Tercatin
Kyiv Chief Rabbi Jonathan Markovich, left, hands a Rosh Hashanah package to a member of the local Jewish community. (Courtesy)
September 28, 2022, 6:24 pm
Kyiv’s Jewish community celebrates Rosh Hashanah in shadow of Russian invasion
Candle lighting and prayer times moved up to enable worshipers to celebrate Jewish New Year before mandatory curfew; Ukrainian PM lauds community for contribution to war effort
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Jonathan Markovitch and his wife, Inna, Chabad emissaries to Kyiv, Ukraine. (Courtesy)
March 1, 2022, 11:19 pm
After departing Ukraine, Kyiv rabbi says he’s working to help those left behind
Rabbi Jonathan Markovich says some people unable to leave the beleaguered Ukrainian capital are still sheltering in synagogue, while others being brought food by volunteers
By Judah Ari Gross
Rabbi Jonathan Markovitch and his wife, Inna, Chabad emissaries in Kyiv, Ukraine, speak to journalists in Israel through Zoom on February 24, 2022. (Screen capture)
February 24, 2022, 4:19 pm
Kyiv rabbi opens synagogue as a refuge: ‘No bomb shelter, but we can be together’
Jewish leader in beleaguered Ukrainian capital fears looting as he stockpiles food, fuel in community center to help the elderly, poor Jews unable to flee the city
By Judah Ari Gross
Ukrainians attend a rally in central Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 12, 2022, during a protest against the potential escalation of the tension between Russia and Ukraine. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
February 13, 2022, 12:01 pm
Kyiv rabbi amid Russia tensions: ‘We’re stockpiling food, mattresses in synagogue’
Chabad emissaries in Ukraine say they’ll stay with their communities, ‘like the captain of a ship,’ despite Israel urging all citizens to leave; Uman rabbi tells tourists to go
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
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