Kyiv students sing in Yiddish and Hebrew: a cultural bridge between Ukraine and Israel – about the Kiev group “Bou Nashir”
Kyiv collective “Bow Nashir” continues to amaze: Ukrainian students perform songs in Yiddish and Hebrew, creating a unique cultural bridge between Ukraine and Israel. But what is behind this project? Why do students, many of whom are not Jewish, choose such an unusual musical path? I told this story Eduard Doks, from Kyiv, specially for […]
“Yiddish – a language rooted in Ukrainian soil”: how this language adapts to new realities and why it needs to be supported in Ukraine – video
In early February 2026, Ukraїner released a conversation about the Yiddish language as part of the podcast “Language Issue” — a Ukrainian project about languages considered vulnerable and in need of support. The guest of the episode is Tetiana Nepypenko, a researcher and teacher of Yiddish, translator, and literary scholar; the conversation is led by […]
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, […]
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 […]
Jewish embroidery of Ukraine is not a myth and not an attempt to “invent a Jewish vyshyvanka”
Jewish embroidery in the territory of modern Ukraine is not a myth and not an attempt to “invent a Jewish vyshyvanka.” It is a complex layer of culture where synagogue textiles, home rituals, women’s headwear, kippahs, bibs, belts, and festive clothing were intertwined with the history of Galicia, Podolia, Volhynia, Kyiv, Bukovina, and other regions. […]
The name of the Righteous Among the Nations Genrikh Ostashevsky is being immortalized in Odessa
At 11:00 on July 9, on Pushkinska Street in Odesa, a memorial plaque to Henrikh Romanovych Ostashevskyi will be unveiled – an actor, People’s Artist of the Ukrainian SSR, and Righteous Among the Nations. The event is organized by the Odesa Regional Association of Jews, the V. Vasylko Theatre, and the Odesa Holocaust Museum as […]
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’ […]
Matzevot as a Code of Memory: How Forgotten Jewish Heritage of Ukraine Comes to Life
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 […]
Jews and Ukrainian Sovereignty: The Reaction of Jewish Communities and Israel to the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine on July 16, 1990 – As It Happened
On July 16, 1990, the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR of the 12th convocation adopted the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine — a crucial document that proclaimed the supremacy and independence of the Ukrainian republic within its territory. The declaration did not immediately announce secession from the USSR but established the priority of […]
The Failed Russian Project “Memorial in Babin Yar” as a Tool for Manipulating Historical Memory – Yosef Zisels, Head of the Association of Jewish Public Organizations and Communities of Ukraine
Yosif Zisels, a well-known Ukrainian human rights activist and public figure of Jewish descent, told Ukraїner on April 29, 2025, how he opposed the project to create a memorial at Babyn Yar, initiated by Russian businessmen in 2016. This project became the cause of political disagreements and accusations of manipulating history. It is important to […]
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