Judaica returns to the Ukrainian poster: an exhibition on memory, culture, and living heritage opens in Kyiv
This is not a classic news story from Israel, but these are the kinds of stories that are important for the Israeli reader: a warring Ukraine shows that even under attack, it continues to live, develop the Jewish community, support culture, and turn memory into a living conversation between generations. In the gallery “Fiddler on […]
The Kremlin scares Kyiv with the ‘Oreshnik’, but fears the consequences of a strike itself
Russia is once again trying to play on the fear surrounding possible strikes on Kyiv. After attacks on Russian oil refineries, energy facilities, and military-industrial targets, Moscow has intensified its rhetoric and begun threatening Ukraine with new strikes on the capital. But behind the Kremlin’s loud statements may lie not confidence, but a nervous reaction. […]
Israeli diplomats honored the victims of the strike on Kyiv: among foreign missions in Lukyanivka after the Russian strike
In Kyiv, efforts continue to eliminate the consequences of yesterday’s Russian strikes. Rescuers, utility services, medics, police, and volunteers are working at the sites of destruction. Almost 100 employees of the State Emergency Service are involved in restoration and emergency work, and the dismantling of dangerous structures is still ongoing. According to Ukrainian data, about […]
Lavrov threatened Kyiv — but the West did not flee from the Ukrainian capital
The Kremlin wanted to show fear. The opposite effect was achieved. Russia once again tried to speak to the world in the language of threats. This time the signal came through the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergey Lavrov. After a conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, it became known that the […]
The Israeli Foreign Ministry and Yad Vashem condemned the reburial of Andriy Melnyk in Ukraine: the controversy around OUN, the Holocaust, and memory
Ukraine is bringing back to the homeland figures of the national movement of the 20th century, but Israel reminds: the memory of the Holocaust cannot be a secondary topic. The reburial of Andriy Melnyk near Kyiv has become a new test for Ukrainian-Israeli dialogue. Israel sharply responded to Kyiv: why the reburial of Andriy Melnyk […]
Jews from Ukraine: Mira Gross from Chernivtsi — among the 12 “Honorary Citizens of Haifa” for 2025

In Haifa, the laureates of the city’s title “Honorary Citizen of Haifa” were announced — in Hebrew, this is יקירי העיר חיפה. Among the 12 new laureates for 2025 was an immigrant from Ukraine: Mira Gross (מירה גרוס), a native of Chernivtsi. The award ceremony took place on January 8, 2026, at the Krieger Center […]