Tag: Diaspora

Ukraine is one of the few places where Jewish history hasn’t ended — it’s still unfolding today.
In the streets of Kyiv and Odesa, in the schools of Lviv, in the synagogues of Dnipro, Uzhhorod, and Chernivtsi — Jewish life continues. It breathes, speaks, celebrates, and gives.

The Jewish Diaspora in Ukraine — Life, Culture, Traditions & Communities | NAnews

The “Diaspora” section on NAnews gathers the voices of those who keep this life visible: rabbis, teachers, musicians, volunteers, young families, and elders.
It tells stories of children learning Hebrew, of Jewish music festivals, of women’s initiatives and community projects, and of schools that stayed open even during wartime.

This is more than a chronicle — it’s a portrait of identity surviving change.
It’s about Shabbat celebrated in basements, aid collected through Telegram channels, and prayers connecting entire cities through a screen.

NAnews – Nikk.Agency Israel News shows that the Jewish diaspora in Ukraine is not a memory — it’s a heartbeat of the present.
It’s about people holding onto tradition, building bridges to Israel, and believing that the light of Hanukkah will always outshine the dark.

And maybe that’s where its strength lies — in the quiet joy of persistence;
in the smile of an old woman who still remembers a Yiddish song;
in the children lighting Hanukkah candles for the first time, realizing — this is their home, and it’s alive.

Ukropolin: how the Russian anti-Semitic theory “connects” Israel, Ukraine, and the “capture of Poland”

From the myth of the “Heavenly Jerusalem” to the slogans of Polish politicians: who needs the story of the relocation of Jews from Israel to Ukraine, and Ukrainians to Poland. In Poland, Ukropolin is spreading — an anti-Semitic and Ukrainophobic conspiracy theory of Russian origin. According to it, Jews are supposedly to relocate from Israel […]

“For Odessa!” in Ashkelon on November 25, 2026: Jewish history, songs, humor, and a theatrical show about the city by the Black Sea

On November 25, 2026, a theatrical musical show “For Odessa!” will take place in Ashkelon — an evening of songs, stories, dances, and Jewish humor. Victoria Gissen, Marina Yakubovich, and an instrumental ensemble under the musical direction of Lev Sandyuk will perform on the stage of the Congress Hall. The author of the literary part […]

“Odessa Anxiety”: People’s Artists of Ukraine Oleg Filimonov and Diana Malaya in November 2026 – premiere performances of the play in Israel

Big premiere in Israel! “…The event will continue if the alarm lasts no more than an hour…” – with these words, this play begins. In November 2026, performances of the play “Odessa Alarm or How One Mishpucha Gathered in a Shelter” will take place in Israel with the participation of People’s Artists of Ukraine Oleg […]

Ukrainian border guards thanked the Jewish community of Bukovina for their assistance in acquiring equipment against Russian drones

On Thursday, October 29, 2026, representatives of the 31st Border Detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine came to the Chernivtsi synagogue with a certificate of gratitude. The Jewish community of Bukovina, with the support of sponsors, has already transferred money for equipment to counter Russian drones. The military showed the acquired devices […]

“Stumbling Stones” in Ukraine: How the Names of Holocaust Victims are Being Restored Even During the War

On October 26, 2026, four small memorial plaques were installed in Kyiv in memory of the Jewish Hornstein family, destroyed by the Nazis in Babyn Yar in September 1941. The ceremony on Pankivska Street became another event of the international project Stolpersteine — “Stumbling Stones”, which has been operating in Ukraine for seventeen years and […]

Jews from Ukraine: in the UPA, he was known by the nom de guerre “Malyi” (“The Little One”) — Mandik Khasman, a Jewish boy from Drohobych who survived the Holocaust and became a UPA fighter.

In our “Jews from Ukraine” series, we tell the stories of people whose lives are connected to Jewish history, Ukrainian land, and the events that changed the twentieth century. Among them are world-renowned writers, artists, scientists, entrepreneurs, and public figures. But there are also many whose names are almost unknown to the wider public, even […]

Peace does not yet mean security: Ukrainian Jewish public figure Iosif Zisels on what Ukraine should learn from Israel

Ukrainian Jewish public figure Iosif Zisels called on Ukraine to become a “military power” and prepare for a possible new war even in the event of a truce with Russia. The human rights activist and former Soviet political prisoner told journalist Olga Lopatyuk in an interview with the Odessa publication “Intent”, published on October 30, […]

“Our stories are incomplete without each other”: Ukrainian schoolchildren draw Jewish history and its connection with Israel

In Lviv on September 11, 2026, the all-Ukrainian school drawing competition “Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: Our Stories Are Incomplete Without Each Other” was presented. Among the works of past years are memories of the Holocaust, ancient synagogues, Jewish and Ukrainian symbols, biographies of famous Israelis born in Ukraine. There is also a drawing created based on a […]

The collection “Islands of Memory” in Ukrainian, English, and Hebrew: how Buchach unites Ukraine, Israel, and Agnon’s literature

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 […]

In Stryi, they are preparing to restore the Great Synagogue of 1817 — a building that survived the Holocaust and the Soviet attempt to turn it into a swimming pool

On September 19, 2026, at the Carpathian 8 Summit in Bukovel, the Stryi City Council and the charitable foundation ‘Spadshchyna UA’ signed a memorandum on the restoration of the Great Synagogue of Stryi and the creation of a cultural center based on it. The document was signed by the mayor of the city, Oleh Kanivets, […]

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