Leaders look for silver linings in a city full of Jewish refugees and near the capital, where a commemoration ceremony symbolizes “reconciliation.” KYIV, LVIV and UMAN, Ukraine (JTA ...

Prayer chants and the sounding of ram's horns fill the air in the town of Uman as thousands of pilgrims join an annual gathering to mark the Jewish new year in Ukraine, despite the war against Russia.

Ukraine has about 43,300 people who ... Chazin said local Jewish leaders were working with Uman authorities on a plan to set up “some sort of armed guard, maybe with an AK-47 or two.

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They are among the more than 6,200 internally displaced people (IDPs) that my organization, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), has served across Ukraine, assisting with vital ...