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Rabbi Attacked in Ukraine Airlifted to Israel in Serious but Stable Condition

October 10, 2016 by UCSJ

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Rabbi Mendel Deitsch is undergoing treatment at Tel Hashomer Hospital in Ramat Gan By Chabad.org Staff | October 8, 2016 Rabbi Mendel Deitsch JERUSALEM—A Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi who was found badly beaten in the central train station in Zhitomir, Ukraine, on Friday was airlifted to Israel by emergency medical transport, and remains in…

American pastor’s ministry facing closure under Russia’s new anti-evangelism law

October 10, 2016 by UCSJ

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Lorraine Caballero 05 October, 2016 12:10 PM An American pastor's ministry in Russia is facing its end after he was charged with violating the country's anti-evangelism law under its new anti-terror legislation. Donald Ossewaarde, 55, is the first American who has been charged under Russia's new anti-terror laws.…

Rabbi Brutally Beaten in Zhitomir, Ukraine

October 10, 2016 by UCSJ

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Jewish community asks for prayers; motive for the attack remains unknown By Chabad.org Staff | October 7, 2016 The central train station in Zhitomir, Ukraine, where a Chabad rabbi was attacked on Friday morning. (Google Photo) A rabbi was found badly beaten this morning in the western Ukrainian city of Zhitomir. With…

At Babi Yar Memorial, a Tenor of Somber Acknowledgement

October 10, 2016 by UCSJ

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As ceremonies in Kiev commemorating the victims of the Babi Yar massacre draw to a close, a number of speeches by Ukrainian dignitaries have brought the atrocity into a clear, historical focus By Vladislav Davidzon September 30, 2016 Though the Babi Yar 75th anniversary commemoration events in Kiev are slated…

When will Lithuania’s government face the truth about the Holocaust?

October 10, 2016 by UCSJ

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By Efraim Zuroff September 29, 2016 A child in Lithuania marking the 75th anniversary of the Holocaust at a ceremony in Veliucionys, on the outskirts of Vilna, one of the most neglected of the 227 mass graves of Holocaust victims in the country, Sept. 23, 2016. (Daiva Šniukaite) (JTA) —…

UCSJ REPORT: HATE CRIMES IN THE UKRAINE

September 29, 2016September 29, 2016 by UCSJ

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Link to Word Document Report: xenophobia_in_ukraine_2015_eng_ed Congress of National Communities of Ukraine National Minority Rights Monitoring Group Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union TWO YEARS OF WAR: Xenophobia in Ukraine in 2015 Informational and Analytical Report Based on Monitoring Results Report compiled by Vyacheslav Likhachev…

Rivlin addresses Ukraine Parliament 75 years after Babi Yar

September 29, 2016 by UCSJ

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President Rivlin: 'We must not play a part in the sin of forgetting or denial. Leaders who support anti-Semitic ideas won't be welcomed.' Arutz Sheva Staff, 27/09/16 President Rivlin inspects honor guard in Ukraine Photo: Haim Zach / GPO President Reuven Rivlin today (Tuesday) addressed a special plenary of…

Jewish Holocaust victims were neighbors and fellow citizens

September 29, 2016 by UCSJ

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The project is based on the fact that there are 227 Holocaust mass murder sites in Lithuania scattered all across the country. Lithuania skyline. (photo credit:REUTERS) I had never heard of Veliucionys, a small village on the outskirts of Vilna (Vilnius) before Lithuanian author Ruta Vanagaite and I set out…

IFCJ, JDC to distribute $52 million in humanitarian aid to Jews in former Soviet Union

September 29, 2016 by UCSJ

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September 26, 2016 (JTA) — The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has pledged $52 million to provide food and medicine to elderly Jews living in the former Soviet Union through the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. The Food and Medicine Lifeline, a four-year, $13 million per year commitment, was…

Marking 75 years since the infamous Babi Yar massacre

September 29, 2016 by UCSJ

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"There is no Ukrainian history without Jewish history." Ludmila Pynikh, 77, grieves during a mourning ceremony at Babi Yar in Kiev [File]. (photo credit:REUTERS) KIEV – “If you force Jewish history out of Ukrainian history, then there is no Ukrainian history that makes any sense,” prominent Holocaust scholar Prof. Timothy…

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