From the Holocaust to Russian Bombing: The Story of Elvira Borts and Her Grandson – The Defender of Azovstal – How a Jewish Family in Mariupol (Ukraine) Survived Two Genocides + Video
“I survived the Holocaust and then under Russian bombs. The story is repeating itself. But Ukraine must survive.” Russia follows in the footsteps of the Nazis, destroying Ukrainians just as Hitler destroyed the Jews. “We thought this would not happen again. But Russia has proven that we were mistaken.” Elvira Borts’ story was shared at […]
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 […]
Project by Leonid Nevzlin: “Ukrainian Jewish repatriates in Israel: Jewish identity in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war”
Project Leonid Nevzlin Center studies of Eastern European Jewry named after at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem explores the anthropological and Jewish aspects of aliyah from Ukraine in the context of war. The unique stories of repatriates have become valuable material for studying their integration and identity transformation. As a result of Russian aggression against […]
Moshe Sharett (1894-1965) – Israeli politician, born in Kherson (Ukraine), Prime Minister of Israel. He played a key role in the formation of the State of Israel and was one of the authors of the Declaration of Independence of Israel
Many prominent political leaders Israel, including 2 presidents and 3 prime ministers, come from UkraineOne of such famous natives is Moshe Sharett. In 2018, a memorial plaque to the first head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel and the second prime minister of the country, Moshe Sharet, appeared at the oldest gymnasium in […]
Soviet ban on memory: exhibition of unrealized memorial of Babi Yar from 1965 opens in Kyiv

“Returning our own past and dismantling the myths created by the Soviet authorities about the Holocaust is one of the strategic directions of the National Historical and Memorial Preserve Babyn Yar,” said its director, Roza Tapanova, in her opening speech. She emphasized that the 1965 competition was a hope for the community to honor the […]
Jews from Ukraine: Mordechai Shenhavi – creator and first leader “Yad Vashem”
January 27, International Day of Remembrance of the Holocaust Victims. In Israel, on the mountain of memory in Jerusalem, is located “Yad Vashem” – A place that for many has become a symbol of sorrow, memory and hope. Today we want to tell in the heading “Jews from Ukraine “ You are a story Mordechai […]
Jews from Ukraine: Aaron David Gordon – Ukrainian roots of the Zionist ideologist and the history of “Gordonia”
Aaron David Gordon – Ukrainian Jew, philosopher and ideologist of working Zionism. His ideas inspired the youth in Alia and the creation of kibbutsev in Palestine. The history of the path from the Zhytomyr region to Dgania in our constant column “Jews from Ukraine“. Childhood and youth in Troyanov Aaron David Gordon Born on June […]
Jews from Ukraine: Haim Hazaz – from the Ukrainian village of Sidorovichi to the first ever Israel Prize for Literature

A boy from a Ukrainian Jewish village who survived pogroms and humiliation by Russian authorities in Kyiv became a symbol of Israeli literature. The biography of Haim Hazaz in our permanent section “Jews from Ukraine” is a bridge between Ukraine and Israel, past and future. Roots in Ukraine: Childhood among forests and traditions Today the […]
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 […]
Jews and Ukrainians: a thousand-year history of neighborhood in the research of the Ukrainian YouTube channel “named after T.G. Shevchenko” – we recommend
“Jews and Ukrainians. Our peoples have not lived side by side for ten, or a hundred, or even a thousand years.” This is how the story begins about the complex and deep relations between the Jewish and Ukrainian peoples on the channel “History of Ukraine named after T.G. Shevchenko.” Channel “History of Ukraine named after […]
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