Ukrainian Jews, scarred by a bloody history, find themselves refugees once again

By Cnaan Liphshitz | Times of Israel.
Across Ukraine, Jews are engaging in a historically Jewish experience: becoming refugees.

And hundreds of them from Odessa have headed to an unlikely destination, the impoverished nation of Moldova whose capital, Chisinau, was the site of a major pogrom that became a symbol of Jewish emigration from Eastern Europe in the early 20th century.

Russia’s War on Ukraine: UN Watch Speaks Out

As Vladimir Putin’s Russian forces invade Ukraine in the largest military campaign on the European continent since 1945, UN Watch, an organization critical of the UN, has been at the forefront on social media, going viral on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

Hillel Neuer, the director of UN Watch who has successfully denounced the hypocrisy of the United Nations numerous times in the past, shared the following on Twitter.

SOS Ukraine: Help “for such a time as this”

“Your recent donation of both funds and hundreds of food parcels was so timely,” said Alexander from Kherson’s Jewish community. “Pensions are so low already; our elderly didn’t have extra money to stock up supplies. But thanks to your help, now that they can’t go anywhere, they all have some food on which to survive. We can’t thank you enough!”