By Adam Smulevich
A worldwide celebrated victory for the Ukrainian athlete Valentyna Kiliarska Veretska, winner last Friday of the Jerusalem marathon with a time of just over two hours and 45 minutes. A victory that goes beyond sport since Veretska …
By Daniel Reichel
Arieh, doctor of the Israeli NGO Hatzalah Lelo Gvulot (Rescue without borders), is on the phone. He wants to know if an ambulance is available to take away three Ukrainian refugees. They have to reach Rzeszów, a …
Over 400 synagogues are at risk because of the war unleashed by Russia in Ukraine. The evaluation comes from the Foundation for Jewish Heritage, a London based charity working internationally to ensure that important Jewish sites, monuments and places of …
By Adam Smulevich
“I wouldn’t call him a ‘modern Maccabee’, as some have written, because I don’t think it’s something that really defines him or that he likes to identify with. However, it is exciting that Jewish figures can rise …
By Anastazja Buttitta*
Everyone I know here in Poland is trying to do something to help the Ukrainian population. From the first day of invasion, NGOs, citizens and companies acted to help. On Facebook a support group for refugees …
A painter, a writer, a doctor. Jewish, antifascist, journalist. Carlo Levi is one of the most complex and interesting figures in 19th-century Italian culture: a man of a multifaceted talent, driven by a profound humanity and an unquenchable thirst for …
“An extraordinary woman that did difficult things in complex situations. She was a great scientist also because she took care of the people outside the laboratory. This is also what we want to remember today”. She is the pride of …
In the past few days, the European Jewish Congress has initiated deliveries of trucks to the Hungarian and Slovak borders with Ukraine as part of its ongoing effort to assist refugees fleeing war in Ukraine. Set up with the help …
Since the beginning of the conflict, the European Jewish Congress, working through its communal crisis management arm, SACC by EJC, and its affiliated Jewish communities, has mobilised to assist refugees fleeing from Ukraine. Crisis management teams, reads a note, have …
A young couple in their thirties with their three children will arrive in Italy on Wednesday from Bucharest and, they say, “can’t wait to be here”. They are the first beneficiaries of the solidarity action coordinated by the Union of …