Jews from Ukraine: Aryeh Grevnov – a boy from the Ukrainian town of Ichnia who raised the Jewish flag over the sea 15 years before the creation of Israel
On September 29, 1933, a small trading vessel “Emanuel” set sail from Aarhus, Denmark. On board was a Jewish crew, the ship sailed under a Jewish name, and an unusual blue and white flag with the Star of David fluttered above the deck. The ship was commanded by 21-year-old Aryeh Grevnov. Author: Alexander Khmelnitsky The […]
Jews from Ukraine: Vladimir Zeev Jabotinsky (continued)
As promised, we continue our discussion of a Jew from Ukraine – Ze'ev Jabotinsky. #jewsukraine 📝 The biography of Vladimir Zeev is really full of interesting facts, so today we are publishing the second of two posts about him. — First see – Jews from Ukraine: Vladimir Zeev Jabotinsky. 👦🏻 Childhood and youth: Vladimir Jabotinsky […]
Jews from Ukraine: Anatoly Shapiro from Ukrainian Konstantinograd, a major of the Red Army, who opened the gates of Auschwitz and was awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine with the Order of the “Golden Star”.
On January 27, 1945, Soviet soldiers entered one of the children’s barracks of the Nazi camp Auschwitz. Seeing people in military uniforms, two children were frightened and shouted: “We are not Jews!” They were Jews. But the children did not yet know that they were facing liberators. They feared that the arriving soldiers might be […]
Under the Star of David and the Ukrainian Flag: Jewish Military Units of Ukraine, Their Forgotten Commanders, and the Road to the Future Israel (1917–1921) Anatoly Shapiro
This article was prepared for the popular-history series of NAnews, “Jews from Ukraine.” We do not claim to have conducted an original historical investigation or to have definitively resolved scholarly debates. Our aim is to introduce a broad readership to little-known chapters of shared Ukrainian-Jewish history, and to the people, events, and documents behind them. […]
A synagogue that unfolds like a book: the story of an unusual Jewish memorial ‘Place for Reflection’ in Babyn Yar – from a destroyed world to a new war
It was built from old Ukrainian oak, with a starry sky depicted on the ceiling on September 29, 1941, and the opening was turned into a collective action. How the unusual synagogue appeared in Kyiv, why its construction caused controversy, and what happened to the memorial after the Russian invasion. Author: Lev Varshavsky In Babyn […]
How Jared Kushner's Jewish roots connect Ukraine and Trump: an unexpected find from Pidgaitsy, Ternopil region of Ukraine
Why not? Heading “Jews from Ukraine” on the website NAnews is dedicated to the unique history and achievements of Ukrainian Jews, their contribution to the development of Israel and Jewish communities around the world, strengthening cultural and historical ties between peoples. This article is just research for now 🙂 by an enthusiast…… History often brings […]
History of Israel’s recognition of the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine as genocide of the Ukrainian people – (2007 – 2025 – ?)
In April 2025, in Jerusalem, in the Wohl Rose Garden (Wohl Rose Garden), between the Knesset and the Supreme Court, the first monument to the victims of the 1932-1933 Ukrainian Holodomor was installed in Israel. The Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine was a tragic event in history, during which an artificially created famine organized by […]
Jews from Ukraine: Mila Kunis
Today we are talking about a Hollywood star – Mile Markovna Kunis! — New section 🔯 — Jews from Ukraine 🇺🇦 📍 Birth and emigration Born August 14, 1983 in Chernivtsi, Ukraine 🇺🇦. At the age of 7, she emigrated with her family to Los Angeles, USA 🇺🇸. 🕯 Tragic family story Many of Mila's […]
In Ukraine, an open online course by Anna Shternshis on Jewish life during the Soviet period is starting – anyone can join from October to December 2026 – from the ‘Culture League’ to the ‘Doctors’ Plot’
On October 1, 2026, the open online course “The Short 20th Century. Jewish Life in Ukraine, 1917–1991” (The Short 20th Century. Jewish Life in Ukraine, 1917–1991) will start — 10 lectures on the history of Jews in Ukraine throughout almost the entire Soviet period. From the revolution and the vibrant Yiddish culture of the 1920s […]
Jews from Ukraine: from Uman to the White City. Yehuda Magidovich, the first architect of Tel Aviv
The first chief architect of Tel Aviv – a city destined to become one of the most influential capitals in the world, was a native of Uman, Yehuda Magidovich, the son of Uman women’s hat designer Binyamin Zvi and Uman housewife named Rachel. When one of the founders of the State of Israel and its […]
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