http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaismhttp://risu.org.ua/php_uploads/images/sitecontent/ContentFileLogo_EN_5.gifhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaism16984http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/temples_church_property/47944/Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:35:10 +0300Construction of a new synagogue was launched in Sevastopol. UNIAN reported with reference to the press Secretary of the Chief Rabbi of Sevastopol, Borys Nesterenko.Temples, church propertyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/ukraine_and_world/international_relations/47920/Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:12:16 +0300As part of his trip to the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk, Ambassador of USA to Ukraine John Tefft visited the central city Golden Rose synagogue.International relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/religious_relations/47599/Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:43:02 +0300On April 2, Metropolitan Volodymyr of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) met with Chief Rabbi of Kyiv and Ukraine Yakov Dov Bleich in the hospital where the metropolitan undergoes a rehabilitation course.Religious relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaism/47321/Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:18:54 +0300The twelfth child has been born to the family of the Chief Rabbi of Ukraine (All-Ukrainian Congress of Jewish Religious Communities) Moshe Reuven Asman.Judaismhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaism/47194/Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:10:10 +0300Purim is traditionally celebrated on the 14th day of the Jewish month Adar. This year it fell on March 8.Judaismhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaism/46558/Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:48:19 +0300Hasidim who come to Uman in the Cherkasy region of Ukraine to visit the grave of their spiritual leader Tzadik Nachman every year can now use the building of a former synagogue, said Serhiy Tulub, the head of the Cherkasy region's administration, the Kyiv Post informs.Judaismhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/46388/Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:16:01 +0300On January 16, in the town of Uman of Cherkasy Oblast, approximately 300 activists organized a protest “Uman, Rise Against Corruption and Invasion.”Religion and policyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaism/46321/Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:46:03 +0300On January 11, a new synagogue was opened in the eastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia. It was given a name Hiimat-Roza in honor of the mother sponsors who financed the construction.Judaismhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/extraordinary_situations/46188/Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:17:01 +0300On 1 January, at 2 am, in the town of Kremenchuk of Poltava Region, unknown persons set fire to a synagogue.Extraordinary situationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaism/46108/Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:25:19 +0300The Economic Court of Cherkasy Oblast on December 22 cancelled the sale by the Uman City Council of a land plot of 4 hectares, including the building of a former synagogue.Judaismhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/religious_holidays/46014/Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:23:01 +0300President Viktor Yanukovych greeted Jews of Ukraine on occasion of the feast of Hanukkah which began yesterday, in the evening.Religious holidays and traditionshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/religious_holidays/46002/Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:54:25 +0300Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication, also known as the festival of lights, is an eight-day festival beginning on the 25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev.Religious holidays and traditionshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/temples_church_property/45717/Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:48:01 +0300The Uman Synagogue, which was once attended by Rabbi Nakhman, will be returned to the ownership of the local Jewish community.Temples, church propertyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/church_state_relations/45475/Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:09:01 +0300The head of the Chernivtsi Regional State Administration, Mykhailo Papiev, promised the Jewish religious community Ruzhyn Sandhora that they will have a synagogue.Church-state relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/conferences/45343/Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:41:15 +0300A conference focusing on Romania's Holocaust-era war crimes in Ukraine and Moldova called on Romania to acknowledge and apologize for the murder of hundreds of thousands of Jews.Conferences, seminars, researcheshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaism/45214/Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:36:09 +0300The international tender for the best concept of improvement of places connected with the Jewish history was announced by the Lviv City Council last year.Judaismhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaism/44858/Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:58:00 +0300The Hasidim Pilgrims who celebrated the Jewish New Year in Uman left the town. The pilgrimage lasted from 23 September to 5 October.Judaismhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaism/44753/Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:45:48 +0300On October 4, a grand event, the 6th convention of the United Jewish Community of Ukraine was held. According to Mignews, it was the largest of such events in the history of independent Ukraine. In total, 2,436 delegates representing the communities of all the regions of the country gathered at the National Palace Ukraine.Judaismhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaism/44752/Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:01:52 +0300The town authorities of Uman of Cherkasy Oblast do not support the idea of representatives of the opposition transporting the grave of Tzaddik Nakhman, visited by tens of thousands of Hasidim annually, to another place or country.Judaismhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaism/44675/Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:49:44 +0300Two Israeli citizens have been deported from Ukraine for violating the laws, Senior Inspector Volodymyr Umanets from the Department for Citizenship, Immigration and Registration of Individuals at the Interior Ministry Directorate for Cherkasy region told journalists in Uman on Friday.Judaism