\nThe proposal emerged from a previous meeting between Rabbi Markovitch and Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer, where the need for organized support in absorbing Ukrainian refugees was discussed. Dagan welcomed the idea, offering to create a collaborative working group between his council and the Kyiv Chief Rabbinate. The initiative would aim to settle Ukrainian Jewish families in various communities across Samaria, framing it as both a humanitarian mission and a Zionist opportunity.<\/p>\n
As part of the tour, Rabbi Markovitch received a strategic briefing on Jewish settlement in Samaria, visited Mitzpe Yosef, and paid a condolence visit to the Gez family in Bruchin, mourning the tragic loss of a mother and child in a recent terror attack.<\/p>\n A Personal and Emotional Encounter<\/strong> Strengthening Bonds Between Israel and the Diaspora<\/strong> Rabbi Yonatan Markovitch and Yossi Dagan discuss joint initiative to absorb war refugees from Ukraine into West Bank communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":26245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[129,65],"tags":[6604,1510,2742,6602,1702,6603,6605,2305],"class_list":["post-26244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-judaism","category-world","tag-jewish-resettlement","tag-jewish-unity","tag-kyiv","tag-rabbi-yonatan-markovitch","tag-samaria","tag-ukrainian-refugees","tag-west-bank-communities","tag-yossi-dagan"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/kyiv-rabbi-2.webp\")
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\nSolidarity Across Continents<\/strong>
\nRabbi Markovitch thanked Dagan and emphasized the spiritual and national significance of Jewish solidarity. \u201cIt is moving to see mutual responsibility stretch across continents,\u201d he said. \u201cThe global Jewish community must continue to stand with those affected by war.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nAt the Gez home, Rabbi Markovitch was deeply affected by the family\u2019s spiritual strength. He shared that the Kyiv Jewish Community Center (JCC) had dedicated its daily food distribution in memory of the murdered mother and infant. \u201cI came to offer strength,\u201d the rabbi said, \u201cbut I left strengthened by their unwavering faith and grace in the face of loss.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nYossi Dagan praised the proposed initiative as a Zionist opportunity to both grow Jewish communities in Samaria and deepen ties with world Jewry. \u201cThis is more than an act of solidarity\u2014it is a step toward securing our collective future in Samaria and in the Land of Israel,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"