For over 60 years, Jews have been asking to recognize Ukrainian Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky as Righteous Among the Nations – history
We remember Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky — a renowned Ukrainian, recognized as a savior of Jews both in the Jewish community of Ukraine and in Israel. However, he still does not hold the title of Righteous Among the Nations. The story of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky is shared in our section “!! History and Facts” because his […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ukrainian Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky: an unrecognized hero who saved hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust
“We want to pay tribute to the man who saved hundreds of Jews,” — said the Chief Rabbi of Ukraine Moshe Reuven Azman. Andrey Sheptytsky in 2008, the Jewish community of Ukraine recognized him as a Righteous One. November 1 marked 80 years since the death of the Ukrainian Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytskywho was one of […]
Jews from Ukraine: Yura Lifshits. How a Kiev resident stopped a train heading to Auschwitz with just one pistol and saved more than a hundred prisoners
In our section “Jews from Ukraine,” we will tell the story of the heroic act of Yuri Lifshits, a Kyiv native who stopped the “death train” heading to Auschwitz and saved over 100 Jews. His story is an example of heroism and courage that continues to inspire people to fight against injustice. On April 19, […]
Holocaust survivors from Ukraine – how are they enduring the fourth year of war? – video by Dan Goldman
“… my girlfriend, at one time, repatriated from Ukraine alone. Her entire family remained there, in Ukraine, including grandparents who survived the Holocaust. She grew up in the Jewish community, and the question of living in Israel was always a matter of time for her. One day after another conversation with her relatives, she told […]
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 […]
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
“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 […]
Two regimes, two names, one face: September 22 is the anniversary of the Soviet-Nazi parade in Brest in 1939 – which paved the way for the outbreak of World War II and the Holocaust
September 22, 1939 an event took place that they still try not to remember in Russia – a joint parade of Nazis and communists in Brest. It was a symbol of cooperation between two totalitarian regimes, which became a dark spot in the history of World War II. It is especially important to realize that […]
On May 14, Ukraine observes the “Day of Remembrance of Ukrainians who saved Jews during World War II”
On May 14, Ukraine remembers the people who saved Jews from extermination during the Holocaust. More than 2,700 Ukrainians have been recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations, but the actual number of rescuers was much higher. On this day, the Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky, the Chief Rabbi of Ukraine, Jewish […]
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