Month: October 2026

An axe in the cabin and seven years to Flydubai: how a pilot with extremist materials ended up on a flight to Israel

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Three days ago, it all started with an almost incredible story about the sudden fall of a Flydubai plane, a possible hijacking code, an injured captain, and an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Now the UAE authorities officially speak of an attempted terrorist act. Pavel Shveyko gathered what has become known over these days about … Read more

Ukrainian exhibition at PHOTO IS:RAEL 2026: 10,000 shekels are being raised in Israel for photographers’ participation – from November 11 to 21, 2026

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From November 11 to 21, 2026, the 13th International Photography Festival PHOTO IS:RAEL will take place in Tel Aviv. Its program includes a separate exhibition of Ukrainian photographers currently living in Israel; among them are people who left Ukraine after the start of the full-scale Russian war. Israeli Friends of Ukraine is already covering the … Read more

In Kyiv, stained glass windows of a synagogue damaged by a Russian attack are being restored. They are being repaired by Yevhen Kotlyar — an artist who created these windows himself more than 20 years ago

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“Culture is what allows Ukrainians to feel stability and resilience, it is our point of support in this difficult time,” says Yevhen Kotlyar. He is almost the only researcher in Ukraine studying synagogue murals. When a rocket damaged the stained glass windows of the Kyiv synagogue, it was he who had to restore them. In … Read more

Children’s books in Ukrainian in Israel for free: 20 stories about friendship, Jewish traditions, and family memory have appeared in Haifa — how and where else to get them

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20 different editions, stories about friendship, family memory, Jewish holidays, and even about how to cope with losing a home. The Ukrainian center “Mi razom!” in Haifa received children’s books in Ukrainian from the international program PJ Library. We tell you what this library is, which works have been given to children, and where else … Read more

“We are watering the desert”: who in the EU said this, how much money Ukraine really needs, and why there is again debate about Russian billions

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“It feels like we are watering the desert.” The phrase turned out to be so convenient for headlines that it almost immediately began to live separately from the story in which it was said. Author: Alexander Khmelnitsky In fact, this is not the position of the European Union, not a statement by the European Commission, … Read more

In Stryi, they are preparing to restore the Great Synagogue of 1817 — a building that survived the Holocaust and the Soviet attempt to turn it into a swimming pool

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On September 19, 2026, at the Carpathian 8 Summit in Bukovel, the Stryi City Council and the charitable foundation ‘Spadshchyna UA’ signed a memorandum on the restoration of the Great Synagogue of Stryi and the creation of a cultural center based on it. The document was signed by the mayor of the city, Oleh Kanivets, … Read more