Kosher food, challah, and candles for Shabbat: how the Jewish community of Dnipro supports Ukrainian servicemen
The Jewish community of Dnipro is expanding its ongoing program to assist Ukrainian servicemen who find it important to observe kashrut and maintain a connection with Jewish tradition even in wartime conditions. Military personnel are sent targeted packages with long-lasting kosher products, hygiene products, and everything necessary for celebrating Shabbat. Whereas previously the community formed […]
“If I am destined to die, I want to die a Jew”: how the brit milah of a Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier at the front became a symbol of the resilience of the Jewish community of Ukraine
Israeli ultra-religious media reported an unusual phenomenon on the Ukrainian front: more and more Jewish servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who are on the front line, are turning to rabbis with a request to perform a brit milah for them. According to these publications, in recent weeks, it is already about dozens of […]
The Cost of War: Ukraine entered the top 10 most expensive armies in the world, Israel became the first in spending per person
Global defense spending in 2025 reached $2.63 trillion. Ukraine ranked tenth in the world in terms of defense budget size, while Israel was in thirteenth place and became the world leader in per capita spending. The world continues to arm itself rapidly. In 2025, the combined defense spending of states increased to $2.63 trillion compared […]
About Ukraine, Jews, and Israel: How Soviet Propaganda Became Russian – a lecture by Moshe Shama will be held at the ANU Museum in Tel Aviv – July 29, 2026
On July 29, 2026, a lecture titled “From Soviet Propaganda to Modern Russia” will take place in Tel Aviv (orig. English – From Soviet Propaganda to Modern Russia: Ukrainians, Jews and the Language of Political Myths). Artist, visual culture researcher, and Jewish education specialist Moshe Shamah will show how the same propaganda constructs have been […]
Loans in Israel without illusions: how GBT Global support works and in which cases it really helps
Financial issues in Israel are rarely simple — especially for repatriates, self-employed individuals, families with non-standard income, or people with problematic credit histories. The banking system is strictly formalized, automated, and leaves almost no room for dialogue. As a result, even those who formally “did everything right” may receive a refusal. This is where the […]
Israeli diplomat on the Kremlin’s gasoline crack: why Ukraine’s strikes on refineries have become Putin’s personal problem
Ukrainian long-range drones are turning Russia’s oil refining industry from a familiar source of income into one of the Kremlin’s main vulnerabilities. The consequences of the strikes are already extending beyond individual enterprises, affecting fuel production, domestic logistics, and the ability of Russian authorities to conceal the scale of the problems that have arisen. Former […]
Strike on Russia’s oil fleet: Ukraine hit 21 more tankers in the Sea of Azov
On the night of July 11, 2026, the Ukrainian Defense Forces conducted a new large-scale operation against the Russian fleet in the waters of the Sea of Azov. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, among the targets hit was 21 Russian tanker involved in the transportation of oil and petroleum […]
We will find life in the Universe — the question is whether we will live to see it: warning from Nobel laureate Didier Queloz
Humanity has already proven that planets beyond the Solar System exist by the thousands. Now science faces a more complex task: to understand if there is life on them and whether our civilization will have enough time to discover it. The question of the existence of planets around other stars was recently almost in the […]
For over 60 years, Jews have been asking to recognize Ukrainian Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky as Righteous Among the Nations – history
We remember Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky — a renowned Ukrainian, recognized as a savior of Jews both in the Jewish community of Ukraine and in Israel. However, he still does not hold the title of Righteous Among the Nations. The story of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky is shared in our section “!! History and Facts” because his […]