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Russian missile strike damages historic Jewish institutions in Odesa

A Russian missile attack in Odesa destroyed several UNESCO-protected areas.

 Scenes of damage after a Russian airstrike in Odesa, Ukraine, on January 312025.
 Viktor Kovchak and Rabbi Avraham Wolff.

Jewish soldiers wounded in Ukraine and Gaza launch school year with prayer in Odessa

 On a recent Monday morning, the Chabad synagogue in Odesa buzzed with activity. Around 50 individuals gathered for prayer, a testament to the community’s enduring spirit.  “Despite the war, it is remarkable that any worshipers continue to come together to pray,” remarked Chief Rabbi of Odesa Avraha

Odesa's Jews find strength in faith amid war

Mishpacha Children’s Home in Odessa cares for 120 Ukrainian Jewish children whose parents either are dead or cannot care for them

Ukraine-Russia War: Odessa Jewish Children’s Home struggles with new challenges


New art exhibit explores Odesa's impact on Israel, US Jews

The multifarious population of the port city that sits at the northwest corner of the Black Sea in contemporary Ukraine included Jewish people of letters and painters.

 ODESA-TRAINED painter graphic artist Isaac Malik’s ‘The Hunt’ feeds off Russia’s historical heritage.

Ukrainian-Jewish children's home opens amid war

The inauguration ceremony took place in the heart of the city. This event marked the opening of the expansive educational building of Chabad Odessa, named Beit Ovadia.

 Ribbon cutting at the opening of the new children's home facility.

Russia strikes Ukraine's Odesa with Iranian kamikaze drones, missiles

Russia launched six Iranian-made Shahed drones and 10 cruise missiles, with Ukraine's forces destroying six drones and six missiles before they hit their target, the Air Force said.

An Iranian Shahed 171 drone dropping a bomb as part of a military exercise in the Gulf, in Iran

Israeli org. opens first school for children in a hospital in Odesa

The ceremony was attended by senior officials from the management of the SASA Setton organization, the management of the hospital, and the management of the Odessa municipality.

 The new classroom at the children's hospital, Odessa, September 7, 2023

Russian drone attack in Odesa region hits Danube port infrastructure

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

 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.

 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.

 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.

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.

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.

 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.

 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.