“After October 7, we got back on our feet”: Zeev Elkin met with Jewish communities of Ukraine in Kyiv
Israeli Minister Zeev Elkin arrived in Kyiv and met with representatives of Jewish communities in Ukraine at the Nativ Cultural Center. Accompanying him were the new Israeli ambassador Roi Rosenblit and the head of Nativ, Alon Shoham. Two days before the third anniversary of the October 7 attack, Elkin spoke about how Israel has changed […]
Jews from Ukraine: Ruth Kluger-Aliav — from Kyiv and Chernivtsi to secret ships, the only woman in the first team of ‘Mossad LeAliyah Bet’, who led Jews to the shores of Eretz Israel
In the summer of 1939, a train with Polish Jews was under guard in Romanian Constanța. These people were supposed to transfer to the Tiger Hill — an old steamship prepared for an illegal voyage to Eretz Israel. But the Romanian authorities received orders to stop further dispatch of such groups, and the train was […]
Jews from Ukraine: Moshe Segal from Poltava, the man who was arrested for blowing the shofar in Jerusalem on Yom Kippur
The story of Moshe (Moshe-Tzvi) Segal is the trajectory from Poltava to Jerusalem. Youth in the Ukrainian Jewish environment, strict study routine, and the first Zionist circles turn into a public gesture of freedom at the Western Wall on Yom Kippur in 1930. He gave the final sound of the shofar — tekiah gedolah — […]
“Ukrainian” buses in Israel: who are Polly Tour / פולי תור and why companies and organizers should pay attention to this carrier
It all started quite ordinarily. On Facebook, we came across a post with photos of a bus in Israel: a large tourist Mercedes, blue-yellow coloring, and right above the windshield — the Ukrainian trident. On the side — the name Polly Tour / פולי תור. Author: Editorial Staff of NANews The author of the photo […]
After the Israeli summer: why women notice more hair on the brush in autumn
In autumn, this is often noticed not in front of the mirror, but after a shower. There is more hair in the drain, the comb needs to be cleaned more often, the usual ponytail is gathered tighter — and a simple explanation appears: the season. Author — Elena Gunko For Israel, it sounds especially convincing. […]
School under occupation — how Russia through “education” breaks Ukrainian children in temporarily occupied territories
The numbers behind the war against the future. Not just schools, but a system of pressure. New data shows the scale of the problem that Ukraine has been warning about for years. In the 2025–2026 academic year, there are 1980 “Russian” schools operating in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, working according to Russian standards, […]
From ‘The Blues Brothers’ and ‘Masada’ to a film about Ukrainian women: Dean Liras will meet with the audience in Tel Aviv – October 18, 2026
There are people whose last names almost never appear prominently on the poster, although without them, half of the famous scenes in movies would simply look different. Dean Liras is one of those. An American cinematographer, specialist in complex filming, a member of the second director’s group, and a producer. His professional biography includes ‘The […]
25 years of the Tel Aviv – Novosibirsk flight: Ukrainian S-200, 51 dead Israelis, Kuchma’s apologies and compensations that are forgotten today
On October 4, 2001, a Tu-154 of Sibir Airlines, flying from Ben Gurion Airport to Novosibirsk, was lost over the Black Sea. An international technical investigation concluded that the aircraft was hit by a Ukrainian S-200 missile during exercises. All 78 people on board died, including 51 Israeli citizens. 25 years later, Russian media are […]
Ukrainian soldier learns of his Jewish roots and undergoes circumcision after tragedy at the front
While the attention of the Israeli public is focused on the confrontation between Israel and Iran, the war in Ukraine does not subside. Russian missiles continue to strike Ukrainian cities, destroying both civilians and civilian infrastructure. But amid the destruction, losses, and anxiety, there are also stories that inspire — especially for the Jewish community, […]
VPN, ad blocker, and DNS in Israel: what really protects your phone and computer — and what no service can do
The phone connected to Wi-Fi at the airport. On the website, a banner covers half the screen, followed by a “allow notifications” window, and in the evening, an SMS supposedly from a delivery service arrives with a link to pay a few shekels. On another day, a familiar foreign service suddenly decides that logging in […]