ODESSA, Ukraine (JTA) – A year after Rabbi Mendy Wolff spirited 120 children and staff away from the Mishpacha Orphanage in this war-torn country to the safety of Berlin, he is preparing to bring many ...

Mishpacha Children’s Home in Odessa cares for 120 Ukrainian Jewish children whose parents either are dead or cannot care for them. (Courtesy of Mishpacha Chabad Odessa) When Rabbi Avraham Wolff leaves ...

Who knew that Odessa was a hotbed of baseball? Since 1900, fewer than 200 Jews have played in the majors. In the early years, they were mostly the children of immigrants who learned to play in city ...

Last week, we heard from a convoy of Jews fleeing the Ukrainian city of Odessa in the face of Vladimir Putin’s “denazification” campaign. Today, Odessa is bracing for Russian assault. As I noted, this ...

Unidentified individuals wrote anti-Semitic graffiti on three Jewish institutions in the city of Odessa in southern Ukraine. The graffiti, including the words “toasting the Holocaust” on the gate of ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Odessa, Missouri, Mayor Steven Wright apologized Wednesday for remarks he made about the Jewish community during a Board of Alderman meeting on Monday. It's not clear what Wright ...

NEPTUN, Romania — Hundreds of Jewish children from Odessa shook the Romanian Black Sea resort of Neptun out of its winter lethargy with a Purim party that, at least for a little while, usurped the ...

The city of Odessa, on the Black Sea, has packed a lot of history into its few centuries of existence. Author Charles King traces the city's ups... Dreams, Death And Jewish Gangsters In 'Odessa' When ...

When Rabbi Avraham Wolff leaves the Mishpacha Children’s Home in Odessa, Ukraine, most evenings, he whispers a silent prayer. He prays that the 120 children for whom his organization cares will be ...