“Yiddish – a language rooted in Ukrainian soil”: how this language adapts to new realities and why it needs to be supported in Ukraine – video
In early February 2026, Ukraїner released a conversation about the Yiddish language as part of the podcast “Language Issue” — a Ukrainian project about languages considered vulnerable and in need of support. The guest of the episode is Tetiana Nepypenko, a researcher and teacher of Yiddish, translator, and literary scholar; the conversation is led by […]
Is it ‘racism’ or ‘support by Russians for all enemies of Israel’? What is beginning to reach Israeli society, while the government ‘does not notice’ it: the Dolev Cohen scandal on Kan 11
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 […]
Jewish embroidery of Ukraine is not a myth and not an attempt to “invent a Jewish vyshyvanka”
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. […]
The name of the Righteous Among the Nations Genrikh Ostashevsky is being immortalized in Odessa
At 11:00 on July 9, on Pushkinska Street in Odesa, a memorial plaque to Henrikh Romanovych Ostashevskyi will be unveiled – an actor, People’s Artist of the Ukrainian SSR, and Righteous Among the Nations. The event is organized by the Odesa Regional Association of Jews, the V. Vasylko Theatre, and the Odesa Holocaust Museum as […]