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 […]
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 […]
On December 11, Ukraine celebrates the Day of Remembrance of Crimean Crimeans and Jews of Crimea – victims of Nazism.
In 1939, according to the census, 65,452 Jews lived in Crimea, of which more than 7 thousand were Crimeans. According to historical estimates, about 40 thousand Jews and Crimeans became victims of the Nazis in Crimea. After the Nazis were expelled from Crimea, only 499 Jews and Crimeans who lived here before the war remained […]
The USA has placed Israel in Tier 1 – risk category for redirecting Chinese goods: what this threatens
Israel found itself in the first category of the American risk system for redirecting Chinese goods, but the White House did not show a specific Israeli scheme. Now the main question is not why the country appeared on the list, but what the US intends to do with goods and companies from Tier 1. On […]
The Hostage Square in Tel Aviv has become official: the city commemorated October 7
The square in front of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art is now officially called “Hostage Square” — כיכר החטופים. For most Israelis, the only new thing here is the word “officially”: this name appeared in public life almost immediately after the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7, 2023, and has long become more understandable […]
The US Ambassador to Israel called the settlers ‘Israeli terrorists’: why did the IDF demolish two outposts near Kusra only after four days of siege
On the night of August 13, 2026, the IDF demolished two illegal outposts in Samaria — one near the Palestinian village of Qusra south of Nablus, the second on the outskirts of neighboring Jalud. Equipment was confiscated, one Israeli was detained, and fighters from the 51st Battalion of the Golani Brigade were sent to the […]
The trial of the terrorists on October 7 may be postponed for another two years: what happened to the 20 prosecutors
The trial of the terrorists on October 7 in Israel risks facing a new delay—not due to the lack of law or budget, but because the state has not yet completed forming the prosecution team. The military prosecutor’s office warned the Ministry of Justice: if they do not receive 20 prosecutors who have been working […]
“I live here. But isn’t Ukraine mine too?”: why Ukraine might lose the children of Ukrainian refugees and what Israel teaches
Only 19% of Ukrainian refugees say they definitely plan to return, but the sentiments of their children are even more concerning for Ukraine. NAnews explores why Israel’s Birthright (Taglit) has interested the OECD as a potential model for Ukraine and why ‘not returned’ does not necessarily mean ‘lost.’ At the beginning of the full-scale Russian […]
November 4 is the anniversary of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin: a tragedy that changed Israel. Rabin and his connection with Ukraine
On November 4, 1995, an event occurred that shocked all of Israel. The assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin became one of the most tragic moments in the modern history of the country and influenced its internal and external political processes. Yitzhak Rabin had connections with Ukrainewhich go back to his family. Rabin was born […]
“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 […]
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