Passover in Ukrainian Nikolaev: how the family seder ‘Freedom to be yourself’ brought the Jewish community together
While Israel was preparing for Passover, in Ukrainian Nikolaev this holiday also resonated especially warmly and in a family-like manner. The family seder “Freedom to Be Yourself“, which took place on March 29, 2026, brought together children, teenagers, parents, and volunteer families for a lively, emotional, and very human evening. For the Israeli audience, such […]
Passover on the front line in Ukraine: how a Jewish chaplain brought the light of the holiday to Ukrainian defenders
Passover on the front line in Ukraine in 2026 once again reminded us that even war cannot cancel faith, memory, and tradition. On the eve of one of the main Jewish holidays, the chaplain of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine and the 7th Rapid Reaction Corps of the Air Assault Forces of the […]
Officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “Hasid” received the international IPA award: what is known about the fighter and why he was recognized
International Police Association awarded a Ukrainian Armed Forces officer The International Police Association (IPA), uniting law enforcement officers from more than 70 countries, awarded its medal to an officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the call sign “Hasid”. This was reported by the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine (FJCU) and the publication […]
“We ask you for salvation”: May 16 – 3 years since the appeal of a Jewish Azov fighter to the Israeli government: “On the ruins of the Azovstal plant, there are Jews like you and me”

The defense of Azovstal lasted from March 18 to May 16, 2022, on the territory of the Mariupol Metallurgical Plant “Azovstal”. It took place as part of the battle for Mariupol during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian forces besieged the plant for a long time, and on May 16, 2022, the Ukrainian garrison surrendered […]
Jews from Ukraine: The award of Israeli scientist and dissident Mark Azbel will help his alma mater in Kharkiv, Ukraine
The establishment of the Mark Azbel Prize has been announced in Israel, aimed at supporting young researchers in the field of theoretical physics within the framework of Kharkiv National University. Mark Yakovlevich Azbel Mark Yakovlevich Azbel (1932 – 2020) was an outstanding physicist, a graduate of Kharkiv University, a dissident, and an organizer of scientists’ […]
From occupied Lugansk to Israel: the story of a Ukrainian teacher who continues to teach mathematics online to her students from Haifa
The story of Maya Rybnikova: from occupied Lugansk to Haifa. A significant event for the Ukrainian diaspora took place in Haifa, in the heart of Israel. The Embassy of Ukraine handed over the state award on December 19, 2024 “Honored Teacher of Ukraine” Maya Rybnikova is a math teacher from Russian-occupied Severodonetsk. This award is […]
The Holy Fire from Jerusalem has arrived in Ukraine: the relic was delivered to Lutsk, to churches and to the front
On the night of Christian Easter, April 12, 2026, the Holy Fire was delivered to Ukraine from Jerusalem. This was reported by the press service of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine on April 12. The shrine was met at the Ukrainian-Polish border by servicemen of the Volyn Border Detachment, after which the fire […]
The name of the Hero of Ukraine with a Jewish soul has become a wine in Israel
Young Israelis still feel the pain of losing a Ukrainian comrade with whom they created a Zionist project — an organic farm at the foot of Mount Carmel. In memory of their friend, who heroically died repelling Russian aggression against Ukraine, they named a new wine made from the vineyards he planted. On March 12, […]
Instead of a ‘truce’, another execution: the murder of four Ukrainian prisoners by Russian terrorists was recorded near Kharkiv
On April 12, 2026, the Ukrainian project DeepState reported a new episode that the Ukrainian side considers a war crime: near the village of Veterinary in the Kharkiv region, four Ukrainian servicemen who were captured were killed. Later that same day, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine confirmed that it had launched an […]
A stamp was issued in Ukraine in honor of Rafal Lemkin, a Jewish scientist who defined the concept of “genocide” and who was the first to call the Holodomor “genocide of the Ukrainian people.”
Rafal Lemkin – an outstanding Jewish lawyer of Polish origin, author of the term “genocide”. Lemkin was one of the first to call the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine an act of genocide against the Ukrainian people. He is the first specialist in international law who defined the crimes of the Stalinist communist regime against […]
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