The Tyshkevych, one of the most influential and greatest families of the Land of Kyiv, venerated the icon of the Virgin Mary, which was a […]
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THE HISTORY OF THE SHRINE
The monastery of the Discalced Carmelites in Berdychiv, Ukraine was founded by Yanush Tyshkevych, the voivode of Kyiv, in 1630 in commemoration of his release […]
Continue readingARCHEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY
Courtesy: Jaques Tourel I was just visiting Berdichev and visited the Tzadik grave . I was astonished to see that the Rabbi Moshe Taller of […]
Continue readingREMINDING HOLOCAUST
(September 14th – 2018) In Berdichev, the memory of the innocent victims during the Second World War was honored. At the memorial sign to the […]
Continue readingHUGE GENEALOGICAL DATABASE OF UKRAINIANS BORN IN 1650–1920 OPENS ONLINE
Courtesy: EUROMAIDAN PRESS – News and views of Ukraine Ukrainian family from the village of Tyshkivtsi, Crownland of Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Ukraine’s Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast), […]
Continue readingTHE NAZIS DESTROYED JEWISH TOMBSTONES IN BABI YAR
August 14, 2017 Nazi troops unloaded dozens of stolen Jewish gravestones in the same place of Babi Yar near Kiev, where they murdered tens of […]
Continue readingUKRAINIAN HOLOCAUST PERPETRATORS ARE BEING HONORED IN PLACE OF THEIR VICTIMS
By Jared McBride (Courtesy: Tablet Magazine) Olevsk, a sleepy if ancient town deep in the backwoods of Ukraine, became part of my life in 2003 when […]
Continue readingUKRAINE’S ANTISEMITISM – REAL AND NOT NEW
by Peter Marcus (Courtesy: Jewish Journal) A twisted Star of David at Beis-Chabad in Ukraine in 2009. Photo © Peter Marcus View more photos from […]
Continue readingVANDALISM-2
Alleged Vandal of Chasidic Master’s Tomb Arrested in Ukraine Last week, vandals scrawled swastikas on Jewish graves in Berdichev, Ukraine. They targeted the tomb of […]
Continue readingJEWISH REVIVAL IN BERDICHEV (PURIM)
22 Adar-II 5771 (28.03.2011) Hundreds of the Jewish inhabitants of the Ukranian city of Berdichev took part in the Purim activities of the local Chabad […]
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