FJCU

Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine🇺🇦 All-Ukrainian organization, uniting 163 communities, dedicated to saving lives and reviving Jewish tradition

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The Torah in Ukrainian — for the First Time in Ukraine’s History
The #FJCU presented the first complete edition of the #Torah in the #Ukrainian language.

This historic publication is the result of years of meticulous work by a dedicated team of translators, linguists, and rabbis

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Volunteers from the #Lviv Volunteer Center of the “Hesed-Arieh” Charitable Foundation continue to discover fragments of ancient Jewish tombstones, known as matzevot, as well as entire gravestones that have survived outside the boundaries of the historic #Jewish cemetery.

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Chernivtsi Commemorates the Victims of the #Holocaust

A memorial event was held in Chernivtsi to honour the victims of the Jewish ghetto and the deportation of Chernivtsi’s Jewish population to the camps of Transnistria in October 1941.

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Dnipro Commemorates #Jewish Victims of the 1941 Massacre

On 13–14 October 1941, 85 years ago, the Nazis shot around 13,000 Jews in Dnipropetrovsk (now Dnipro). The site of the mass murder was a ravine on the grounds of the Botanical Garden’s tree nursery.

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Activists from the Lviv Volunteer Center, run by the “Hesed-Arieh” Charitable Foundation, have transported one more batch of fragments of the discovered Jewish tombstones, an important part of the #Jewish_community’s historical heritage in #Lviv.

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Kharkiv #JewishCommunity Helps Residents Affected by Russian Strikes.

Community representatives went to neighbourhoods where help was particularly needed, bringing residents essential supplies, including bread and water.

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On the yahrzeit of Dov-Ber Schneerson, the brother of the Seventh #LubavitcherRebbe, Menachem-Mendel Schneerson, the members of the #JewishCommunity of #Dnipro gathered at the memorial on the grounds of the regional psychiatric hospital in Ihren.

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🇺🇦 FJCU and 7th Air Assault Corps Chaplain Meets with Young People of Dnipro

At the invitation of Dnipro Lyceum No. 148 “Planet of Happiness”, Rabbi Yakiv Sinyakov, the Chaplain of the #FJCU, met with its students for an event marking Ukraine’s Day of Defenders and Defendresses

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Jewish Communities Across Ukraine Mark Hoshana Rabbah and Welcome Simchat Torah

On the final day of Sukkot, the Jewish communities throughout Ukraine observed the mitzvot of the festival, marked Hoshana Rabbah and started their preparations for #SimchatTorah.

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Ahead of #SimchatTorah, the final festival of the month of Tishrei, the Jewish community of Chernivtsi prepared to celebrate one of the most joyful days in the Jewish calendar.

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A missile strike on Pryluky killed 22 people, including five children, and injured 54 others.

One Jewish family’s apartment was completely destroyed, while several others were damaged.

FJCU remains in close contact with the local Jewish community.

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On 30 September, 19 Tishrei, #Mykolaiv hosted the traditional “Jewish Street Festival - Simchat Beit HaShoeva”, bringing together the representatives of the Jewish organisations and the members of the community ahead of #Sukkot.

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Holocaust Victims Commemorated in Ternopil

Memorial events were held in Ternopil to mark the 85th anniversary of the #BabynYar tragedy.

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A memorial ceremony dedicated to the victims of the #Holocaust was held in Oleksandriia.

The event was attended by the representatives of the city authorities, including the First Deputy Mayor, Rabbi Shlomo David Salamon of Kremenchuk, the representatives of the Jewish community

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President Zelenskyy joined today’s FJCU-organized ceremony marking 85 years since the Babyn Yar massacre — alongside rabbis, Jewish community leaders and diplomats from around 50 countries.

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הפרגוד: הרב רפאל רוטמן סיו״ר ׳פדרציית הקהילות היהודיות באוקראינה׳ קורא את תפילת ״קל מלא רחמים״ בגיא ההריגה בבאבי-יאר, בהשתתפות הנשיא זלנסקי במלאת 85 שנה לטבח ברבבות היהודים

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joined the FJCU-organized memorial marking 85 years since the Babyn Yar massacre, alongside rabbis, Jewish community leaders and diplomats from around 50 countries.

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During the festive days of #Tishrei, #FJCU Chaplain Yakiv Syniakov continues visiting Ukrainian servicemen in the east.

He delivers festive packages, essential aid, and words of support, and holds prayers with defenders marking the holidays far from home.

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🌿 #Sukkot in Jewish Communities Across Ukraine

Jewish communities across Ukraine are celebrating Sukkot, one of the major festivals of the month of Tishrei. This year, it runs from the evening of 25 September until the evening of 2 October.

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Immediately after Yom Kippur, the construction of sukkot, - the traditional festive booths in which one of the central commandments of #Sukkot, leshev ba-sukkah (“dwelling in the sukkah”), is observed, - began in #Dnipro Jewish Community.

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The Representatives of the Jewish Community of Khmelnytskyi Visit Medzhybizh, a #Holocaust Memorial Site

The Jewish community of Khmelnytskyi visited #Medzhybizh, a site commemorating the victims of the Holocaust.

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Yom Kippur Observed in Jewish Communities Across Ukraine

Community members gathered to prepare for the sacred day, lighting memorial and holiday candles and taking part in the traditional Kaparot ceremony.