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The late-16th century Buchach Jewish cemetery in western Ukraine has some 2,000 gravestones. (Courtesy/ESJF).
December 11, 2018, 9:17 am
German government pays to fence Ukrainian Jewish cemetery
Late-16th-century graveyard located in Buchach, western Ukraine; famous progeny include Nobel laureate S.Y. Agnon and Austrian Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal
By Toby Axelrod
Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Joel Lion (Wikimedia Commons/Dovernewyork )
December 7, 2018, 10:32 pm
Israeli ambassador tells Ukrainians their national heroes were ‘horror for Jews’
Jewish state had largely remained silent over Kiev’s efforts to rehabilitate figures seen as complicit in the Holocaust
By JTA
The Russian S-400 missile defense system during a Victory Day military parade in Moscow's Red Square, on May 9, 2017. (AFP Photo/Natalia Kolesnikova)
November 28, 2018, 1:22 pm
Russia to deploy new S-400 missiles in Crimea amid sky-high tensions
After Ukraine imposes martial law in the wake of Black Sea naval clash, Moscow to send advanced anti-aircraft systems to ‘protect’ country’s airspace
By Agencies
A Ukraine army soldier stands on duty with his heavy machine gun at an undisclosed location in eastern Ukraine, November 26, 2018. (Alexander Shulman/AP)
November 27, 2018, 9:03 am
Russia-Ukraine tensions rise as Kiev imposes martial law, citing Moscow threat
Putin expresses ‘serious concern,’ asks Germany to intervene and prevent ‘reckless actions;’ Ukrainian leader Poroshenko says measure due to intelligence of ‘highly serious threat’
By Agencies
Ukrainian servicemen stand watch by the Sea of Azov coast near the Ukrainian city of Mariupol on November 26, 2018. (Sega Volskii/AFP)
November 26, 2018, 7:24 pm
Ukraine looks to impose martial law in wake of Russian ship seizure
After Moscow’s vessels board and capture its ships in ‘unjustified use of force,’ Kiev urges Western allies to impose further sanctions against Kremlin
By Ania TSOUKANOVA
A protester throws down a tire to set a fire in front of the Russian Embassy in Kiev late on November 25, 2018, during a protest following an incident in the Black Sea off Moscow-annexed Crimea. (SERGEI SUPINSKY / AFP)
November 26, 2018, 2:41 am
Black Sea standoff intensifies after Russia fires on Ukrainian vessels
Kiev mulls implementing martial law as Russia seizes boats trying to traverse Kerch Strait next to Crimea, wounding two crew members; UN calls emergency session
By AP
The Kerch bridge is seen blocked for ships entrance, near Kerch, Crimea, on Nov. 25, 2018. (AP Photo)
November 25, 2018, 11:11 pm
Ukraine says Russia fired on ships off Crimea, seized 3 vessels
Kiev accuses Russian coast guard of wounding two sailors in tense territorial standoff in Black Sea; Moscow blocks access to Kerch Strait over earlier incident
By MATTHEW BODNER
Kalush Gymnasim teacher Natalia Zubrytska, who ran to paint over a swastika, front center with paintbrush. (Kalush Gymnasium)
November 23, 2018, 2:58 pm
Ukrainian youth and townsfolk band together to restore neglected Jewish cemetery
Residents of Kalush, one-third of whose population were Jews prior to WWII, take off work and school to give a piece of their shared history a much-needed facelift
By Bernard Dichek
Brodsky Synagogue on 13 Shota Rustaveli Street in Kiev, Ukraine. (CC BY-SA 3.0 Fedotto/Wikipedia)
October 31, 2018, 6:11 pm
Ukraine chief rabbi says spy devices found at Kiev synagogue
Moshe Azman suspects Ukrainian law enforcement officials responsible for surveillance, decries ‘manifestations of anti-Semitism’
By JTA
A ceremony at a Jewish cemetery in Frampol, Poland. (ESJF via JTA)
October 25, 2018, 6:41 pm
Holocaust institute stops training guides for Poland over its rhetoric law
Shem Olam says it aims to reduce tourism to the eastern European country so as to ‘send across a clear message of rejection’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Members of the nationalist Svoboda (Freedom) party carry torches during a rally in Kiev, Ukraine, Jan. 29, 2017, to mark the anniversary of a battle near the town of Kruty (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
October 24, 2018, 8:10 am
Ukrainian politician posts picture of Cossack beating a Jew with a bloody flail
Head of Ukrainian Jewish Community says Yuri Gorbinko, local head of right-wing party, has in the past expressed regret that Hitler ‘did not finish the job’
By JTA
Members of nationalist movements attend a rally marking Defender of Ukraine Day, in Kiev, Ukraine, October 14, 2018. (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)
October 15, 2018, 8:04 am
Ukrainian nationalists honor WWII-era paramilitary group
Ukraine’s Insurgent Army fought against the Soviets, sometimes in collaboration with the Nazi Germany; scuffles break out with police as demonstrators try to destroy monument
By AP
Ukrainian fashion designer Anton Belinskiy speaks during an interview with AFP in Kiev on September 18, 2018. (AFP Photo/Volodymyr Shuvayev)
September 30, 2018, 8:45 am
Ukraine’s fashion prodigy Anton Belinskiy conquers Paris
Born to a Russian mother and Jewish father, 31-year-old ‘visionary’ draws inspiration from the ‘beautiful and strange’ way people dress in former Soviet countries
By Olga SHYLENKO and Ania TSUKANOVA
Illustrative. Measles Mumps Rubella (MMR) vaccine vials, with syringe. (iStock by Getty Images/ Andrey Popov)
September 17, 2018, 6:55 pm
Health Ministry warns of possible measles infection on Uman flights to Israel
Passengers who traveled to Tel Aviv on three specific flights said to be at risk, urged to see a doctor immediately
By TOI staff
In this photo taken on August 29, 2018, Steven Reece, an ordained Southern Baptist minister who lives near Atlanta cleans an old Jewish cemetery in Rohatyn, the site of a Jewish Heritage project, close to Lviv, Ukraine, Aug. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Yevheniy Kravs)
September 14, 2018, 2:04 pm
Texan baptist pastor finds calling in restoring post-Holocaust Jewish cemeteries
Steven Reece says his preservation of Polish and Ukrainian graves is driven by a desire for justice, inspired by Martin Luther King
By Vanessa Gera and DMITRY VLASOV
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