2 Years After Escape: New Home For Odessa Orphans
Almost two years after being forced to flee to Germany in a rescue mission, the Jewish children from the Mishpacha children’s home returned to Odessa in Ukraine and celebrated the…
Mishpacha Children’s Home Inaugurates New Study Building
By CrownHeights.info Last week, hundreds of children, guests, community members, and dignitaries attended the festive, exciting, and historic inauguration of Mishpacha’s new study building, located at the heart of Odesa.…
Odessa Orphanage Embraces Baby Born to Injured Mother
Last week, a 2-week old Jewish baby named Sarah was warmly welcomed within its walls. The baby hails from the embattled city of Zaporizhzhia. Her mother has been injured from the…
Odessa Orphanage Takes Shelter Amidst Missile Strikes
In one of the worst nights of destruction in Odessa since the beginning of the 16-month war in Ukraine, the city endured relentless missile and bomb attacks Saturday night with panic-stricken…
Philosopher Sees the Baal Shem Tov in Ukraine Shliach’s Work
Renowned French-Jewish philosopher, Bernard-Henri Lévy, was deeply touched after visited the “Mishpacha” orphanage in Odessa, and wrote high praises of shliach Rabbi Avraham Wolff.
A Yom Kippur the Rebbe Came Late
The last time we reported on Chabad’s orphanages in Russia and Ukraine, we were inundated with readers’ responses. Some called and emailed to inquire about adopting a child, and others…
Odessa Orphans — “Like My Own Children”
The Ukrainian port city of Odessa has seen a Jewish Renaissance in recent decades. Its now robust infrastructure of Jewish schools and community centers, packed synagogues and kosher restaurants, is…
Meeting Resilient Souls
Within the warm embrace of Mishpacha’s Nursing Home, we are privileged to bear witness to the lives of some of the most remarkable souls who have endured the unimaginable; heroes…