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Conflict of Two Traumas: Head of “Yad Vashem” Added to “Myrotvorets” Database – How the Dispute Over Melnyk Became a New Blow to Ukrainian-Israeli Dialogue

Конфликт двух травм: глава “Яд Вашем” занесен в базу “Миротворец” - как спор о Мельнике стал новым ударом по украинско-израильскому диалогу

“Conscious systematic actions aimed at inciting interethnic and interstate discord between Israel and Ukraine”, – quote. After the reburial in Ukraine of Andriy Melnyk and his wife Sofia Fedak-Melnyk with state honors, the debate around historical memory went far beyond a single ceremony. Initially, “Yad Vashem” and the Israeli Foreign Ministry reacted sharply to the […]

Jews from Ukraine: Chaim Nachman Bialik – an outstanding poet, writer, Zionist and thinker who played a key role in the revival of Hebrew literature

Евреи из Украины: Хаим Нахман Бялик — выдающийся поэт, писатель, сионист и мыслитель, который сыграл ключевую роль в возрождении ивритской литературы

Heading 'Jews from Ukraine' on the website NAnews #JewsofUkraine reveals inspiring stories of outstanding Jews whose destinies and achievements connect Ukraine and Israel In Ukraine, a memorial sign was installed on the facade of the house in Odessa at 9 Malaya Arnautskaya Street, where Chaim Bialik lived in 1907. The Jewish community of Ukraine shaped […]

Matzevot as a Code of Memory: How Forgotten Jewish Heritage of Ukraine Comes to Life

Мацева как код памяти: Украина возвращает себе забытые еврейские кладбища

Thousands of forgotten Jewish cemeteries are scattered across Ukraine — from Lviv to Odessa, from Podolia to Transcarpathia. On their matzevot — ancient tombstones with inscriptions in Hebrew — one can still read the names of rabbis, craftsmen, women, and children whose lives ended in the last century. These stones are the last witnesses of […]

In Ukraine, the film “Second Wind” was released — about 5 veterans of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who lost limbs in the war with Russia and ascended Kilimanjaro on prosthetics; the project was initiated by a Jewish-Ukrainian-American philanthropist

В Украине вышел фильм «Второе дыхание» — о 5-ти ветеранах ВСУ, потерявших конечности в войне с Россией и взошедших на протезах на Килиманджаро; проект инициировал еврейско-украинско-американский филантроп

In October 2025, the documentary film “Second Wind” by director Maria Kondakova was released in Ukraine — a story about people who have gone through war, loss, and rehabilitation but have not lost the ability to dream. The film tells the story of five Ukrainian defenders who climbed to the summit of Kilimanjaro — despite […]