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The “History and Facts” section on NAnews is dedicated to real historical events, documents, biographies and facts that connect Ukrainians and Jews, Israel and Ukraine.

This section features materials about events, people and processes that help readers better understand the shared Ukrainian-Jewish history: from the life of Jewish communities on Ukrainian lands to the modern dialogue between Ukraine, Israel and the global Jewish community.

There will be bright pages and difficult episodes here. History is not always comfortable and not always simple, but an honest conversation about the past helps break down myths, see real facts and understand how relations between peoples were formed.

Special attention is given to historical memory, the Second World War, the Holocaust, Ukrainian-Jewish ties, religious life, cultural heritage, the fight against antisemitism, the Soviet past, Ukraine’s independence and the events that continue to influence the present.

The “History and Facts” section helps readers see not only separate dates and names, but also the wider context: why certain events matter today, how they are understood in Israel, Ukraine and the Jewish world, and why knowledge of the past remains part of public dialogue.

This is a space for a calm, respectful and open conversation about facts. Without propaganda, without oversimplification and without replacing history with convenient slogans.

NAnews Israel News Nikk.Agency regularly updates the “History and Facts” section to help readers better understand the past, see the links between Ukraine and Israel and find a basis for a more honest conversation in the present.

Follow the “History and Facts” section, because knowledge of the past is a path toward stronger ties, mutual respect and a future without myths.use knowing the past is the key to strong connections in the present.

Natan Sharansky – Soviet dissident, human rights activist, publicist, a good friend of Ukrainians at the level of diplomatic relations between Ukraine and Israel

"Українсько-Єврейська Зустріч": Натан Щаранский - советский диссидент, правозащитник, публицист, хороший друг украинцев на уровне дипломатических отношений между Украиной и Израилем

“Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter” continues its project about famous Israelis of Ukrainian origin – Natan Sharansky. Today, Natan Sharansky remains a good friend of Ukrainians at the level of diplomatic relations between Ukraine and Israel. His clear stance on international support for Ukraine after the start of the large-scale Russian invasion became a call for the Israeli […]

Vladimir Jabotinsky: Symbol of the struggle for Jewish statehood and support for Ukrainian independence

Владимир Жаботинский: Символ борьбы за еврейскую государственность и поддержка украинской независимости

On October 17, 1880, Vladimir (Zeev) Jabotinsky, an outstanding Jewish public figure, writer, journalist, translator and founder of the Revisionist Zionist movement, was born in Odessa (Ukraine). Jabotinsky fought for the creation of the state of Israel and favorably viewed the idea of free national and cultural development of any people within a sovereign state. […]

Jewish embroidery of Ukraine is not a myth and not an attempt to “invent a Jewish vyshyvanka”

Еврейская вышивка Украины — не миф и не попытка “придумать еврейскую вышиванку”

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. […]

In Kyiv and Sokal, new memorial signs were unveiled: the rescuers of Jews – the Righteous Chereverikovs and the Galamay family are immortalized in the city’s memory.

В Киеве и Сокале открыли новые знаки памяти: спасители евреев - Праведники Четвериков и семья Галамай возвращаются в историю

In Kyiv, another “stumbling stone” has been installed — a mini-memorial in honor of the Righteous of Babyn Yar, Petro Chetverikov (a local honorary title within Kyiv’s memory initiatives; not to be confused with the formal title “Righteous Among the Nations” at Yad Vashem — the sources specifically use the term “Righteous of Babyn Yar”). […]

The Place Where Hasidism Was Born: Secrets of the Village of Tovste, Ternopil Region of Ukraine

Место, где зародился хасидизм: тайны поселка Товсте, Тернопольской области Украины

In 1734, the founder of Hasidism settled in Tovstom Israel ben EliezerIt is believed that It was here that he received his second name, Baal Shem Tov (abbreviated as Besht) and became known as a tzaddik and healer. In his new article “Ukraine Incognita” revealed little-known facts about the Jewish history of the village of […]

Ivan Franko, Lviv and the Jewish World: A lecture at the Israeli consulate opens the complex memory of Galicia

Иван Франко, Львов и еврейский мир: лекция в консульстве Израиля открывает сложную память Галиции

A lecture in Lviv about the Jewish world in the life and work of Ivan Franko became an occasion to take a broader look at one of the complex topics of Ukrainian-Jewish history. Franko lived in Galicia, where Ukrainians, Jews, and Poles not only coexisted but also influenced each other daily — through cities, markets, […]

Ukrainian Yaroslava Levitskaya is the only Righteous Among the Nations who currently lives in Israel and was honored with a memorial sign during her lifetime

Haifa knows and honors a modest heroine — a native of Zolochiv (Lviv region, Ukraine). On February 12, 2025, she turned 90 years old. In the Righteous Among the Nations Garden in Haifa, where 20 memorial stones bear the names of those who saved Jews and once lived in the city, Yaroslava Levytska remains the […]

It is no longer considered a mistake to write the words “путін”, “росія”, “рф”, “кремль” in lowercase – officially in Ukraine

Не считается ошибкой написание слов «путін», «росія», «рф», «кремль» с маленькой буквы теперь в Украине - официально

In Ukraine, an important linguistic and legal process has concluded, which many are already calling a symbolic milestone of wartime. After the National Commission on State Language Standards approved the “Ukrainian Orthography” as the standard of the state language on March 1, 2026, the issue of writing words like “росія”, “рф”, “кремль”, “путін” and several […]

Ukraine, the Horde, and ‘reverse colonialism’: what the new framework offers for discussing Russia and empires

Украина, Орда и «колониализм наоборот»: что предлагает новая рамка для разговора о России и империях

Ukrainian diplomat and expert of the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation Volodymyr Lakomov in a column for “Literary Ukraine” proposes a controversial but understandable thesis: the colonial experience of Eastern Europe cannot be described only in the language of “classical” modern empires. At the center of his argument is the idea of “reverse colonialism”: a […]

Europe and the Shadows of Hate: Why Anti-Semitism is Returning and What Russia and Hamas Have to Do with It

Европа и тени ненависти: почему антисемитизм возвращается и при чём здесь Россия и ХАМАС

War is once again changing the face of Europe — and not just on the fronts. Where slogans of tolerance and human rights once echoed, the whisper of old hatred is growing louder. Anti-Semitism — the ancient virus of the continent — is awakening again, rising from the underground layers of history to the streets […]

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