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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
Poland's President Andrzej Duda, left, and the country's chief rabbi, Michael Schudrich, right, light a candle during a Hanukkah ceremony at the presidential palace in Warsaw, Poland, December 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)
December 19, 2022, 11:46 pm
At Hanukkah reception, Polish president thanks Jews for aiding Ukrainian refugees
Andrzej Duda notes that country’s Jewish community has been active in organizing housing, food, education and other services for Ukrainian Jews and non-Jews alike
By Vanessa Gera
From Ukrainian artist Elena Subach's series, printed ink on paper, on exhibit at the 'We No Longer Feel the Future' exhibit that opened in November 2022 at the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv (Courtesy Elena Subach)
December 3, 2022, 12:50 pm
Ukrainian artists exhibit life as it is right now, at Eretz Israel Museum
Curators Suzanne Landau and Svetlana Reingold create ‘spontaneous’ exhibit in Tel Aviv, hoping to ‘do something’ to help
By Jessica Steinberg
Ukrainian evacuees celebrate a pre-Thanksgiving meal at the Ukrainian American Civic Center in Buffalo, New York. (Courtesy of Jewish Federations of North America via JTA)
November 24, 2022, 3:01 am
US Jewish community groups host Afghan, Ukrainian evacuees for Thanksgiving meals
From New York to California, volunteers introduce refugees to American holiday for the first time, keeping with longstanding Jewish tradition of welcoming the stranger
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Ukrainian Minister of Defence Oleksii Reznikov attends a news conference in Kyiv on October 26, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Genya Savilov/AFP)
October 29, 2022, 10:17 am
Ukraine minister: ‘Israeli politicians will be ashamed they didn’t stand with Kyiv’
Oleksii Reznikov says Israel should be concerned as Iranians gain operational experience in use of drones; says disappointed with Israel’s initial stance on Ukrainian refugees
By ToI Staff
Travelers are seen at the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, on September 7, 2022. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
October 21, 2022, 2:46 pm
Deputy mayor suspected of attempting to smuggle Ukrainian woman into Israel
Major crimes unit interrogates public official from central city, detains woman in 30s who arrived from Thailand and reportedly claims she was invited to non-existent conference
By ToI Staff
In this undated photo, Immigration and Absorption Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata welcomes immigrants (Noga Malsa)
September 20, 2022, 3:22 pm
Three-quarters of this year’s 50,500 new immigrants linked to war in Ukraine
Nearly 40,000 Ukrainians, Russians, and Belarussians become citizens, driving 148% overall increase over same period in 2021; about 35,800 Ukrainian refugees from war also arrive
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Then-Immigration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata, center, in blue coat, welcomes new immigrants from Ukraine at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, in an undated photo distributed by the Immigration and Absorption Ministry on July 6, 2022. (Courtesy: Naga Malasa)
August 30, 2022, 8:55 pm
Ahead of school year, most new Ukrainian and Russian immigrant kids not enrolled
Of the 6,000 or so children who moved to Israel since the invasion of Ukraine, just 2,653 are registered to start classes on September 1, Education Ministry says
By Judah Ari Gross
Lisa and Stuart Kliman pose with Olena Mironyuk, right, and daughters Masha and Alina, in front of the Kliman home in Massachusetts. (Courtesy)
August 26, 2022, 10:35 am
US Jews pay homage to Holocaust survivor ancestors as they aid Ukrainian refugees
Jewish organizations and volunteers step up as a new influx of people fleeing the Russian invasion reach America, while the memory of a complex shared history still lingers
By Julie Masis
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