Preparing a large family home for Shabbat and Jewish holidays requires not only time but also proper work distribution. Israeli blogger and author of NANews Elena Gunko discussed with a GENIUS representative the capabilities of the steam system, its limitations, and the procedure for a free home demonstration. Information about the availability of demonstrations, travel … Read more
The story of the first Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces did not begin in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, or Haifa. It began in Odessa — a city in modern-day Ukraine, where in 1899 a boy named Yaakov was born into the Dostrovsky Jewish family. A few years later, his father would … Read more
At a closed meeting between influential leader Gur Yaakov Aryeh Alter and American representative of Satmar Yoel Landau, discussions were held about funding legal defense for yeshiva students, appeals to the US Congress, and complaints to The Hague. Behind one piece of news lies a much older conflict: why one part of the Haredim has … Read more
Elena Gunko writes for NANews about Ukraine, Israel, the Ukrainian-Israeli agenda, and how war events are turned into messages for an international audience. In this material, the editorial interest is precisely this: not to retell another statement from Russia about ‘Ukrainians who have switched to its side,’ but to verify the origin of this story … Read more
A regular commute to downtown Tel Aviv may incur another expense line — in addition to gasoline, parking, insurance, and time spent in traffic. In the Gush Dan metropolitan area, preparations for a congestion charge system continue. Drivers are planned to be automatically identified when crossing the borders of three payment rings, and the cost … Read more
Tonight, terrorist Russia once again killed the capital of Ukraine. Not on the front line. Not in the trenches. Not during a battle with Ukrainian soldiers. Putin’s troops struck Kyiv and the Kyiv region with ballistic missiles, anti-ship missiles, and jet drones. The railway station, warehouses of civilian enterprises, building materials production, a brewing company, … Read more
The Russian aggressor state, after more than four years of full-scale war, has not been able to destroy Ukrainian statehood and force the Ukrainian people to abandon resistance. Therefore, for the domestic audience, the Kremlin once again resorted to the familiar Soviet cliché: if Ukraine resists Russia, then it is not the struggle of an … Read more
On August 2, 2026, the Chief Rabbi of Ukraine, Moshe Reuven Asman, spoke about the matzah production operating in the country, which is sent to Jewish communities worldwide under the Made in Ukraine label. The Rabbi reported that he visited one of the production sites in Uman. Another matzah bakery operates in Dnipro. According to … Read more
On April 2, 1917, the Provisional Government officially abolished religious and national restrictions in the former Russian Empire. For Jews, this meant the end of the Pale of Settlement — one of the most well-known systems of state discrimination in European history. Formally, the document was adopted on March 20, 1917, according to the old … Read more
An unprecedented public dispute has erupted in Israel between Defense Minister Israel Katz and the IDF command. On the evening of August 2, 2026, Katz announced on the “Patriots” program on Channel 14 that the new commander of the Central Military District should be Major General David “Dado” Bar-Kalifa, who will replace Major General Avi … Read more
