The visit of the head of the Israeli government to Ukraine on 18-20 August 2019—the first visit in twenty years—has already provoked much commentary and expert analysis. In this text however I want to share...
The Jewish population of Ukraine before the Second World War was over 2.5 million. Now the current population is only around 100,000. A whole world with its very own culture, rules, and customs was decimated...
Publisher Oksana Forostyna talks about Israeli ingenuity, the innovation boom, and Avi Jorisch’s new book. Iryna Slavinska: Today’s program is devoted to an unusual topic. We will be talking about Israel and innovations. Our focus...
[Editor’s note: More than 500 leaders from Israel, the United States, Europe and Ukraine participated in the inaugural Kyiv Jewish Forum held in the Ukrainian capital from 5-7 May 2019. Carl Gershman, President of the...
While conducting research on the history of Ukrainians in Canada during the interwar years, Jars Balan discovered a series of powerfully written articles by a forgotten Canadian Jewish journalist, named Rhea Clyman, describing the horrors...
