Ukrainian refugees

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

Israeli and Ukrainian refugees arriving from Ukraine on a rescue flight are welcomed at Ben Gurion international airport near Tel Aviv, on March 3, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

August 25, 2022, 8:21 am

Nearly half of Ukrainians who fled to Israel have left the country – report

Since the start of fighting six months ago 33,000 arrived, of whom 4,200 were entitled to become citizens; 14,000 have since departed for other countries

By TOI staff

Ukrainian refugees queue for food in the welcome area after their arrival at the main train station in Berlin, Germany, March 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

August 23, 2022, 3:27 pm

Germany counts almost 1 million Ukrainian refugees since Russian invasion

Interior minister says surge of migrants is ‘largest movement of refugees since World War II’ in Europe; 155,000 Ukrainian pupils enrolled in German schools

By AFP

Taisiia Mokrozub, a Ukrainian refugee from Zaporizhzhia, holds her son Hordii during an interview with The Associated Press in a flat in Pruszkow, Poland, August 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

August 22, 2022, 12:04 pm

‘Time stopped’: Ukrainians who fled invasion long for home as war nears 6-month mark

Many who left their homes after Russia invaded face sad realization they will not return soon, having initially believed the fighting would end quickly

By Vanessa Gera and Kirsten Grieshaber

Participants at 'Camp Hallelujah' on Israel's coast, August 12, 2022. (Courtesy/Camp Hallelujah)

August 20, 2022, 10:06 am

Ukraine refugees, Israel youth shaken by war find relief at ‘Hallelujah’ summer camp

On Israel’s coast, international gathering gives teenagers from abroad and Gaza border communities a sense of normalcy; ‘When you live with war all the time, you want peace’

By Jacob Rivkin

Liudmyla Matrenin and Lev visit the Mediterranean Sea on their first full day in Israel on March 25, 2022. (Courtesy/Liudmyla Matrenin)

August 19, 2022, 2:19 am

For Ukrainian refugees in Israel, Gaza operation rekindles still-smoldering trauma

Many fleeing the Russian invasion already have difficulty accessing child care and medicine while facing an uncertain future in the Jewish state. And then add falling rockets

By Melanie Lidman