On August 23, 2026, the CEO of JNF-KKL Eurasia, Igal Yasinov, recorded a congratulatory message in Ukrainian to Ukraine from the ‘Ukraine’ forest in Israel’s Negev. I checked the history of this place—from the Odessa Grove of 2014 and Petro Poroshenko’s olive tree to the memorial stele, fires near Dorot, and the old Google Maps … Read more

On the western map of Ukraine, there is a city whose name has become a symbol of cultural memory — Buchach. It was here that the future Nobel laureate Shmuel Yosef Agnon was born, a writer who combined Jewish spirituality and European philosophy. A century later, this city resonates again — now as the site … Read more

The remark by Dolev Cohen about the Russian language caused a scandal even before the premiere of the new season of ‘Four Weddings’ on Kan 11. But behind the controversy over the unsuccessful TV promo lies a broader issue: Israelis simultaneously observe HAMAS in Moscow, Russian weapons with Hezbollah, Russia’s alliance with Iran, and Russian … Read more

Jewish embroidery in the territory of modern Ukraine is not a myth and not an attempt to “invent a Jewish vyshyvanka.” It is a complex layer of culture where synagogue textiles, home rituals, women’s headwear, kippahs, bibs, belts, and festive clothing were intertwined with the history of Galicia, Podolia, Volhynia, Kyiv, Bukovina, and other regions. … Read more

Thousands of forgotten Jewish cemeteries are scattered across Ukraine — from Lviv to Odessa, from Podolia to Transcarpathia. On their matzevot — ancient tombstones with inscriptions in Hebrew — one can still read the names of rabbis, craftsmen, women, and children whose lives ended in the last century. These stones are the last witnesses of … Read more

The Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine on August 21, 2026, reported on the participation of Rabbi Yakov Sinyakov in an event marking the third anniversary of the 7th Rapid Reaction Corps of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The event itself took place earlier — on July 17, 2026, in … Read more

On July 16, 1990, the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR of the 12th convocation adopted the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine — a crucial document that proclaimed the supremacy and independence of the Ukrainian republic within its territory. The declaration did not immediately announce secession from the USSR but established the priority of … Read more

In Uzhgorod, a section of the Jewish cemetery was identified where people associated with the Austro-Hungarian army of World War I were buried. The published list contains 32 names, but archives already suggest: the history is significantly larger than one section and a few surviving matzevot. On August 20, 2026, the Federation of Jewish Communities … Read more

Original author: Israeli journalist Shimon Briman. At NAnews / Israel News we carefully retell the main points and recommend reading the full material from the author. From the author on September 12, 2025: “How an Israeli🇮🇱 commando from ‘Fauda’ fights for Ukraine🇺🇦, performing feats of such magnitude that a Hollywood action movie could be made. … Read more

The question “why doesn’t Russia rebel” is being asked in Ukraine and increasingly in Israel, where the war in Europe is not seen as a “distant conflict” but as part of a common axis of threats: Moscow–Tehran (Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis, and other allied RF terrorist formations), suppression technologies, drones, missiles, sanctions, Syria. On the surface, … Read more