On April 26, 1986, in Chernobyl, a boy named Yevhen was born into a Jewish family. He is called “the last child of Chernobyl.” Forty years later, he serves in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and defends Ukraine from Russian aggressors. This story connects Chernobyl, Jewish memory, Soviet lies, and the current war of Russia … Read more
On October 8, 2026, the sixth meeting of the third season of the project “THEATROTHERAPY” will take place at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Tel Aviv. This time, participants will discuss the development of modern Ukrainian theater — from the first years of independence to the stage that changed after the Maidan and the full-scale … Read more
On August 30, 2026, an exhibition by Kharkiv artist and researcher Yevhen Kotlyar, “Ukrainian Shtetl. Return to Places of Strength. Photographic Journeys through Former Jewish Towns,” opened at the Dnipro Museum “Memory of the Jewish People and the Holocaust in Ukraine.” According to the Jewish Community of Dnipro, the exhibition is created from materials of … Read more
October 15 — Haifa, October 21 — Netanya, October 23 — Bat Yam. Felix Shinder returns to Israel with “Lemonchiki”, “7:40”, klezmer, Utyosov, and that very Odessa intonation. But behind the cheerful poster, there is another story: after 2022, his concerts in Europe became charitable, and part of the income from one of the previous … Read more
On January 18, 2025, Ukrainian historical channel Wild Fox presented a unique 10-hour stream, entirely dedicated to the history of the Jewish people in ancient times. This project covers events from the Persian king Cyrus II the Great, who allowed the Jews to return to Judea, to the Maccabean Revolt (166-142 BCE), which led to … Read more
Formally, Pavel Syutkin, of course, was not imprisoned for borscht. On September 15, 2026, the Zyuzinsky District Court of Moscow sentenced the 61-year-old writer and historian of Russian cuisine to six years in a general regime colony on charges of spreading, according to Russian legislation, “knowingly false information” about the Russian army. He was also … Read more
While the US tries to block Iran’s access to international banks, dollars, oil revenues, and intermediary companies, and Israel seeks and blocks the financial infrastructure of the IRGC and its proxies, Tehran has a partner interested in the exact opposite. Russia is helping Iran build its own payment channels, less dependent on the Western financial … Read more
The story of the death of British Hasid Yitzhak Elmakayes in Uman turned into an almost ready-made detective story within a day. The man went into the forest to pray, was found dead, reports of signs of violence came from Israel, and the Ukrainian police opened a case under the article of premeditated murder. If … Read more
On July 2, 2025, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine decided to grant the burial site of Tzadik Rabbi Nachman in the city of Uman the status of a site of national significance. This decision enhances the protection of the holy site and highlights its unique value for both Ukrainian and Jewish cultural and spiritual … Read more
On September 8, 2026, an exhibition opened in Kyiv, the title of which initially seems almost chamber-like: “Painted Prayers. Endangered Painting in the Synagogues of Ukrainian Bukovina” — translated from Ukrainian as “Painted Prayers. Synagogue Paintings of Ukrainian Bukovina at Risk”. Author: Alexander Khmelnitsky In fact, the story here is much more than a few … Read more
