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
American conservative blogger and great friend of Israel, Laura Loomer, showcased the Ukrainian P1-SUN interceptor drone, designed to destroy Russian Shahed drones, to her audience of over 2,000,000. During her visit to the SkyFall facility, she signed two such devices, leaving a message for Iran on one of them. The post appeared on July 31, … Read more
Jewish American actor, director, and screenwriter Jesse Eisenberg, known for films such as “The Social Network,” “Now You See Me,” “Zombieland,” and “Real Pain,” has arrived in Ukraine as a volunteer for an international humanitarian mission. As of August 1, 2026, Eisenberg is in the Lviv region, where a program of psychological and creative support … Read more
J7 — the union of the largest Jewish communities in the USA, Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Australia, and Argentina. On July 29, 2026, the union of the largest Jewish organizations J7 published the second annual report J7 Annual Report on Antisemitism 2026. The authors recorded more than 23,000 antisemitic incidents during 2025 and stated … Read more
On March 26, 2026, Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine reported an event that holds not only religious but also cultural and historical significance for Ukraine. The Judaica Department of the Institute of Manuscripts of the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine received a Ukrainian edition of the Torah as a gift — a bilingual book … Read more
