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Ukraine

One of Afikomen's popular #WhatsCookingForShabbos videos on Instagram
Posted inSmall Bites

Sababa expands; Afikomen’s ‘What’s Cooking for Shabbos’ is an Instagram hit

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 26, 2022April 28, 2022
Rabbis and cantors from the U.S. took supplies on a trip to see how the JCC in Krakow is responding to the humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Ukraine.
Posted inBay Area

‘It’s a privilege’: Bay Area rabbis in Poland bear witness to Ukrainian refugee crisis

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 21, 2022April 27, 2022
Vadim Rabinovich at his office in Kyiv, Ukraine, Oct. 14, 2013. (Photo/JTA-Cnaan Liphshiz)
Posted inWorld

Ukrainian state agency adds Ukrainian Jewish leader to list of pro-Russia ‘traitors’

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA April 20, 2022April 20, 2022
Łowiczanie Polish Folk Dance Ensemble from San Francisco will perform at the Support Ukraine Benefit Concert.
Posted inCulture

Local klezmer and European folk groups team up for Ukraine benefit concert

by Dan Pine April 20, 2022April 27, 2022
The war in Ukraine was on the mind of Monique Joseph as she celebrated her 98th birthday.
Posted inUncategorized

As a Holocaust survivor, I feel angst over what’s going on in Ukraine 

Monique Joseph celebrating her 98th birthday in Berkeley, April 14, 2022. (Photo/Courtesy Nadine Joseph) by Monique Joseph April 18, 2022May 11, 2022
Rabbi Shimshon Izakson at a Jewish center in Chisinau. (Photo/JTA-Jewish Community of Moldova)
Posted inWorld

A TikTok rabbi helps Jewish Ukrainian refugees feel comfortable in Moldova shelters

by Jacob Judah and JTA April 18, 2022April 18, 2022
Svetlana Niselevitch receives a haggadah for Passover from a JDC staff member outside her home in Odessa, Ukraine, April 8, 2022. (Photo/JTA-JDC)
Posted inWorld

Despite danger and disruption, Ukrainian Jews prepare to celebrate Passover in public seders

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA April 14, 2022
an illustration of a traditional seder plate, with olives, a sunflower, an artichoke and an orange next to it
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A sunflower for Ukraine? A tomato for farmworkers? Here’s why I’m sticking to the basics on my Passover seder plate.

Rabbi Sari Laufer by Rabbi Sari Laufer and JTA April 14, 2022April 14, 2022
Akivah Artamonov clasps his prayer kit while having coffee at the Jewish refugee camp in Irshava, Ukraine, April 5, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Cnaan Liphshiz)
Posted inWorld

Refugees with jacuzzis: The surreal life of 200 Jews at a 4-star resort in wartime Ukraine

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA April 12, 2022April 12, 2022
Phil Narodick (seated) and Eli Zigas (with hat) and Ilyse Magy (in the red), the organizers of the Schmearicle on King Street.
Posted inSmall Bites

In season of miracles, Berkeley bagel-lovers saw a ‘schmearicle’ 

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 11, 2022April 11, 2022

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