Eastern Europe
Michael Herzog talks terror, peace and how Israel is reacting to both.
“I don’t know how to explain what I am feeling. I can only say I am very happy, and this is a special day,” said 13-year-old Tima Kobakov.
With full-blown war in Ukraine, Iran on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons and multiple Arab terrorist attacks in Israel, the tone remained tense as the spring holidays converged.
Chief Rabbi of Poland Michael Schudrich said “as we recite in the opening passage of the Haggadah, ‘Whoever wants, come and celebrate Pesach; whoever needs, come and eat.’ ”
NATAN, which has stationed doctors and social workers on the Polish-Ukraine border to aid refugees since the war started, is organizing the “Passover in Przemyśl.”
Aliyah and Integration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata is in the region with a delegation of Jewish Agency and Keren Hayesod leaders.
“Friends, fellow ambassadors … the question we must all ask ourselves is: Are we doing enough? We must ask this every day till the bloodshed stops,” said Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan.
His net worth is estimated at $7.6 billion; he also serves as president of the World Holocaust Forum, chairman of the European Jewish Fund and chairman of the World Jewish Congress Policy Council.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett condemned the killing of civilians in the town of Bucha.
Since most people will not be able to leave their homes, Chabad-Lubavitch’s Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine has prepared more than 50,000 seder kits complete with shmurah matzah, grape juice, bitter herbs and Haggadahs.
Half of the country’s consumable wheat products and a third of its animal feed are supplied by Russia and Ukraine, according to numbers from the Ministry of Agriculture.
The deal for the radars was signed in 2019 between the Israeli and Czech defense ministries.
