Ukrainian refugees

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a joint press conference in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, on August 19, 2019. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP)

September 13, 2023, 6:57 am

Netanyahu to meet Zelensky on sidelines of UN General Assembly, Kyiv’s envoy says

Sitdown will be first since premier returned to power, making him one of last Western leaders to meet Ukrainian president, who repeatedly invited him to Kyiv

By ToI Staff

September 7, 2023, 8:42 pm

Netanyahu, Zelensky discuss Uman pilgrimage, as Ukraine deliberates policy

Days before tens of thousands of Israelis descend on Ukrainian holy site, Israel urges Kyiv to ensure worshipers have access amid spike in tensions

By Lazar Berman

File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) speaks to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, during a signing ceremony following their talks in Kyiv, Ukraine, August 19, 2019. (AP Photo/ Efrem Lukatsky)

September 6, 2023, 3:19 pm

Zelensky, Netanyahu to speak this week to settle issue of Uman pilgrimage

With Kyiv threatening to block Israeli worshipers due to Israel’s treatment of Ukrainian tourists, leaders look to hammer out agreement before massive Rosh Hashanah event

By Lazar Berman

Jews pray at the tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov in the town of Uman, 200 kilometers (125 miles) south of Ukraine's capital Kyiv, Ukraine, September 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

August 31, 2023, 8:10 pm

Kyiv expected to make decision on Uman pilgrims this week, Ukrainian official says

Ukraine has expressed frustration over Israeli deportations of tourists and has threatened to keep worshipers out ahead of Rosh Hashanah

By Lazar Berman

Ukrainian refugees and new immigrants disembark from a plane on their arrival at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport, near Tel Aviv, on December 22, 2022 (Gil Cohen-Magen / AFP)

August 29, 2023, 9:34 pm

Cabinet approves extension of Ukrainian refugees’ humanitarian aid

After initial difficulties securing funds for the NIS 42 million measure, ministers okay across-the-board cut of 0.06% of ministry budgets

By ToI Staff

Jewish immigrants fleeing from war zones in the Ukraine arrive at the immigration and absorption office, at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, on March 15, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

August 24, 2023, 11:45 pm

Health benefits for 14,000 Ukrainian refugees frozen due to lack of funds, gov’t says

High Court plans debate on matter next week, doesn’t order state to resume halted services; Finance Ministry said refusing to transfer required funds to ministries

By ToI Staff

Jewish Ukrainians who fled war zones in the Ukraine, arriving on a rescue flight at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, March 17, 2022. (Photo by Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

August 21, 2023, 12:30 am

Israel dismisses Ukrainian threat to shut its border to Uman pilgrims — report

Hitting back at Kyiv’s ambassador, diplomatic source says it has been assured there’s no basis to his threat, which was made in response to Israeli deportations of Ukrainians

By ToI Staff

August 18, 2023, 12:36 pm

After lapse, Israel extends Ukraine refugees’ health benefits till year’s end

Kyiv had reacted angrily to halting of aid earlier this month, with Israeli officials saying there were bureaucratic matters to be resolved

By ToI Staff

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)

April 27, 2023, 6:36 pm

Israel extends visas of Ukrainian refugees until July, reportedly after US pressure

Interior minister says work ban won’t be enforced against Ukrainians who fled Russian invasion if they’ve been in country at least 90 days

By ToI Staff

Avi Schiffman (right) with Internet Activism team members (from left): Will Depue, Anant Sinha, and Krish Shah. Team member Adrian Gri not pictured. (Courtesy of Avi Schiffman)

March 1, 2023, 3:22 am

How a young Harvard dropout and friends are set to level-up global humanitarian aid

The ‘whiz kid’ who developed the world’s first COVID-tracking site is ramping up his organization, Internet Activism, and helping victims of Turkey’s earthquake and Ukraine’s war

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Refugees from Ukraine are welcomed at Ben Gurion Airport on March 3, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

February 20, 2023, 9:55 am

A year on, Ukrainian refugees in Israel getting ‘inadequate’ aid — rights group

Report says those who arrived have no access to proper healthcare, struggle to find employment and rent apartments, with an increasing number facing food insecurity

By ToI Staff

US Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, right, speaks with 101-year-old Margot Friedländer, center, during a meeting with Holocaust survivors in Berlin, January 31, 2023. (US Embassy Berlin)

February 1, 2023, 11:01 am

Doug Emhoff’s trip to Poland and Germany brings him back to Jewish ancestral roots

US second gentleman describes meeting Holocaust survivors who recently fled war in Ukraine as ’emotional and intense,’ recalls his own grandparents’ flight to safety in America

By Toby Axelrod

The Second Gentleman of the United States, Douglas Emhoff, the husband of US Vice President Kamla Harris, gestures as he meets refugees from Ukraine during a visit of the 'Neue Synagoge' (New Synagogue) in Berlin, Germany, January 31, 2023. (Michael Sohn/AP)

January 31, 2023, 7:40 pm

Doug Emhoff meets Ukraine refugees at synagogue, visits Holocaust memorial in Berlin

US second gentleman participates in roundtable with Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders as he wraps up tour of Germany, Poland focused on combating antisemitism

By AP

Illustrative: Women walk past apartment buildings in Mariupol, Ukraine, damaged during heavy fighting, November 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

January 9, 2023, 1:49 pm

Daily Briefing Jan 9: The behind-the-scenes story of abused female Ukraine refugees

Editor David Horovitz on former Supreme Court head Aharon Barak’s reactions to judicial reforms, the curious firing of PM’s drivers; Amanda Borschel-Dan on 1st Levant currency

By ToI Staff

Activists protest to raise awareness of sexual violence against Ukrainian women and children in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, outside the Russian Embassy in Tel Aviv, on April 20, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

January 4, 2023, 11:13 am

Raped, abused, exploited: Ukrainian women seeking refuge in Israel find no haven

A harrowing examination reveals much abuse sliding under the authorities’ radar — or being willfully ignored — while the perpetrators remain free to commit further crimes

By Inna Lazareva