How the Jews of Kyiv in the ranks of the ZSU defend Ukraine: patriotism, technology and help from Israel – the story of 2 friends of graduates of the Kyiv Jewish religious school
The Jewish community of Kyiv is providing significant assistance in the defense of Ukraine with the outbreak of full-scale war in 2022. Jewish fighters not only defend the country at the front, but also provide technical, humanitarian and material support to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (ZSU). Shimon Briman on the website “Ukrainian-Jewish Zustrich” (Ukrainian) […]
On May 14, Ukraine observes the “Day of Remembrance of Ukrainians who saved Jews during World War II”
On May 14, Ukraine remembers the people who saved Jews from extermination during the Holocaust. More than 2,700 Ukrainians have been recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations, but the actual number of rescuers was much higher. On this day, the Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky, the Chief Rabbi of Ukraine, Jewish […]
In Zhytomyr, the memory of the Jewish hero — defender of Ukraine Maksym-Wolf Bulygin was honored: a memorial plaque was unveiled at the “Or Avner” lyceum.
“Bright memory to Maksym Bulygin. We remember. We respect. We will not forget. Baruch Dayan HaEmet – Blessed is the True Judge“, – from the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine. On January 20, 2026, in Zhytomyr, a commemorative event was held dedicated to the unveiling of a memorial plaque for Maksym Bulygin — a […]
12-year-old girl under the rubble: five dead in Kyiv after a strike by Russian terrorists, rabbi’s prayer and the voice of the Jewish community
The night Russian attack on May 14, 2026, on Ukraine was yet another proof that Putin’s rhetoric about ‘peace’ has nothing to do with reality. Drones and missiles hit Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa region, Kyiv region, and other areas, and the main pain of this night was again not military targets, but residential buildings, schools, clinics, […]
Russians beheaded two Ukrainian soldiers: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported a new war crime by Russian occupiers in the Zaporizhzhia direction
Russian military forces are once again at the center of accusations of demonstrative cruelty against Ukrainian defenders. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on May 13, 2026, after a combat clash in the Huliaipole direction in the Zaporizhzhia region, a Russian commander ordered the desecration of the bodies of two […]
A year without Max Nelipa: family in Israel, daughter with an order from Zelensky, and pain that documents do not cover
May 12, 2026 marked a year since the death of Max Nelipa — a Ukrainian TV host, actor, and serviceman who voluntarily went to defend Ukraine after the start of the full-scale war. To viewers, he was a man from the screen, a recognizable voice and face of Ukrainian television. To his family, he was […]
Jewish defender of Ukraine Zvi Hirsch from Odessa died in battle for Ukraine – he dreamed of a restaurant, but chose the front
NAnews presents a news overview of the story of Tzvi Hirsh (Grigory), a 32-year-old soldier of the 34th Separate Coastal Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who died defending Ukraine on the Kherson front line. His death is not just a tragedy — it is a symbol of unity between the Jewish and […]
swarm of Russian drones against Ukraine: Putin talks about peace, but his army strikes cities again
On the morning of May 13, 2026, Ukraine was once again under a massive attack by Russian drones. Air raid alerts spread across the regions, dozens of strike UAVs were recorded in the sky, and explosions, air defense operations, fires, infrastructure damage, and casualties among civilians were reported in various cities. This does not look […]
She was 100 years old: Righteous Among the Nations Lidia Savchuk – a Ukrainian whom both Hitler’s Nazism and Putin’s Rashism wanted to wipe off the face of the earth
At the beginning of November 2025, in Lucerne, Switzerland, Lidiya Klimovna Savchuk quietly passed away — one of the last living Ukrainian Righteous Among the Nations. She was 100 years old. Not a politician, not a media star — an ordinary woman at first glance, who once said “yes” to another’s life in her youth […]
Israeli technology on the Ukrainian front: Jewish community to Chechen battalion of Ukrainian Armed Forces as a sign of historical brotherhood and fight against a common enemy
As is known, in 2022 The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine recognized the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria as “temporarily occupied” and condemned the genocide of the Chechen people — an important symbolic bridge between Ukrainians and the Chechen resistance. In the photo — Jewish volunteers and representatives of the Chechen battalion hold the flag of the […]
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