Simchat Beit Hashoeva for Jews of South Ukraine
ODESSA, Ukraine - On Tuesday, Jews of Odessa called on their friends in the neighboring town of Izmail in order to share the joy of the ancient custom of Simchat Beit Hashoeva, the holiday of water drawing traditionally held on Sukkot.
New Chief Rabbi Announced for Ukrainian City
IZMAIL, Ukraine – Rabbi Fishel Chichelnitsky, a Chabad Lubavitch emissary who has been serving as Chief Rabbi of Belgorod-Dnestrovsky in Ukraine, has just been appointed to assume the position as Chief Rabbi of Izmail and the Southern Odessa Region.