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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 472

Ukrainian refugees

Free food pantry at JCC Krakow for Ukrainian refugees in 2022. (Courtesy)
September 8, 2024, 5:35 pm
With a world weary of war, donations dry up for Ukrainian refugees at JCC Krakow
Jewish Community Center in city adjacent to Auschwitz raised $12m for Ukrainian refugees since 2022. But as money runs out, the new residents may lose yet another port in their storm
By Matt Lebovic
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
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 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
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 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
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