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Rabbi Shmuel Yerish: From teaching in Ukraine to creating Jewish kids' toys in Hadera

Rabbi Shmuel Yerish is grateful that “here in Israel you can live a full Jewish life, without judgment or reproach.”

|ByABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
RABBI SHMUEL YERISH and family in Hadera.
A rescuer works at a site following a Russian drone attack at a location given as Sumy region, Ukraine, in this handout image released on June 24, 2025.

At least 14 wounded in Russian attack on Ukraine's Sumy region, PM says

Overall, Russia launched a total of 93 drones and two missiles overnight, the Ukrainian air force said, adding it downed 62 drones and one missile, and recorded hits at 20 locations.

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A sapper of the 115th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces blows up an explosive device during a training between combat missions at a training ground, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine August 9, 2025

Ukraine beach explosions kill three in Odessa, drones target southern Russia

Earlier on Sunday, several apartments and an industrial facility were damaged in a Ukrainian drone attack on the south Russian region of Saratov.

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A Russian drone strike on the Nachlas Eliezer Synagogue in the Peresyp district of Odessa caused significant damage to the building

Historic Ukrainian synagogue significantly damaged by Russian drone strike

“This sacred building, constructed at the end of the 19th century, served as a place of prayer, hope, and spiritual strength for the Jewish community of Odesa,” wrote Rabbi Moshe Azman.

|ByGRACE GILSON/JTA

Russian drone attack in Odesa region hits Danube port infrastructure

Two civilians were injured in a Russian drone attack on Ukraine's Danube port.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023ByREUTERS
Grain warehouses heavily damaged by a Russian drone attack are seen at a compound of a port on the Danube, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa region, Ukraine August 16, 2023.

Ukraine's Odesa opens a few beaches for the first time since Russian invasion

For the safety of residents and after incidents of mines exploding on beaches, the coast was closed.

AUGUST 12, 2023ByREUTERS
People relax at a Black Sea beach that was reopened after being closed down last year following sea mines laid around the ports of Odesa and Mykolaiv by Russia and Ukraine, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine August 10, 2023.

Hillel center in Odesa, Ukraine, damaged by Russian strike

This is the second time a Hillel building in Ukraine was damaged by Russian fire since the start of the war last year.

JULY 26, 2023ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
A woman removes debris at a site of a residential building damaged during Russian missile strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine July 23, 2023.

Russia suspends Black Sea Grain Initiative amid ongoing conflict

“Mass revenge” missile strikes damage Ukrainian ports and torch grain stores.

JULY 24, 2023ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
A view shows a grain warehouse destroyed by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a compound of an agricultural company in the village of Pavlivka, in Odesa region, Ukraine July 21, 2023.

Russia's attack on Odesa kills one, injures 18

The RBC-Ukraine news agency reported that the city's largest Orthodox church, the Spaso-Preobrazhenskyi Cathedral consecrated in 1809, had been severely damaged in the attacks.

JULY 23, 2023ByREUTERS
A woman reacts next to her son's body near a building heavily damaged by a Russian missile attack, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in central Odesa, Ukraine July 20, 2023

Against all odds, the Ukrainian counteroffensive is inching forward

BEHIND THE LINES: “If the Western allies didn’t help, we’d already have a lack of munitions here; but for the breakthrough, we need more tanks, munitions, aviation," says a Ukrainian commander.

JULY 15, 2023ByJONATHAN SPYER
SECOND-LIEUTENANT Ilya, a tank commander in the 59th Motorized Brigade, takes a break on his tank, concealed in a forest in the Pokrovsk area of Donbas, on July 9.

Russian missile attack on Odesa kills at least three civilians - Ukraine's military

Russia launched four cruise missiles on the city, the South command of Ukraine's Armed Forces said.

JUNE 14, 2023ByREUTERS
A firefighter works at a site of a food warehouse heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine June 14, 2023.

Russian strikes kill three in Odesa, hit Poltava air base - Ukraine

The attacks were the latest in a spate of overnight strikes that Russia has intensified as Kyiv sets its sights on a major counter-offensive.

JUNE 10, 2023ByREUTERS
A view shows an apartment building damaged during a massive Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine June 10, 2023.

Mayor of Missouri town apologizes after saying trash collectors are 'not trying to Jew anybody'

The mayor of Odessa, made the remark at a Monday meeting of the local Board of Aldermen, amid a discussion of changes to trash pickup in the town.

MAY 19, 2023ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
Visitors seen standing next to a display of swastika banners at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on April 26, 2022, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Ukraine says it shot down 29 of 30 missiles in overnight Russian attacks

Ukraine's military said the barrage of 30 missiles launched by Russia overnight included cruise missiles fired from the sea, air and land.

MAY 18, 2023ByREUTERS
Local residents stand next to a crater left by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine April 14, 2023.