Cnaan Liphshiz
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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Fast Forward Israeli PM Bennett meets with Putin in Moscow to discuss Ukraine, then phones Zelenskyy
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett had a marathon day of negotiations that cemented Israel’s place at the forefront of international talks on the hostilities in Ukraine, starting with an unexpected meeting in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Bennett spoke with Putin for three hours on Saturday, according to his office, then flew…
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Fast Forward Babyn Yar wasn’t bombed. But Ukraine’s Zelenskyy finds a useful tool to rally Jews to his cause.
(JTA) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s direct and emotional appeal to the world’s Jews on Wednesday marked something of a departure for him. Before and during Russia’s war on his country, Zelenskyy had spoken plainly to civilians on both sides of the conflict, but he hadn’t directly addressed those outside the country. And for his…
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Fast Forward Ukrainian Jews, scarred by a bloody history, find themselves refugees once again
(JTA) — Across Ukraine, Jews are engaging in a historically Jewish experience: becoming refugees. And hundreds of them from Odessa have headed to an unlikely destination, the impoverished nation of Moldova whose capital, Chisinau, was the site of a major pogrom that became a symbol of Jewish flight Eastern Europe in the early 20th century….
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Fast Forward In Israel, some Russian speakers support Ukraine. Some back Putin.
HAIFA, Israel (JTA) — The Russian invasion into Ukraine happened about 1,600 miles north of this port city in Israel, but many of its Russian speakers are experiencing the conflict as though it’s unfolding next door. “I put on the radio and heard the news this morning. I’ve been following in shock and distress all…
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Fast Forward Ukraine’s Jews hunker down as long-feared Russian invasion becomes deadly reality
(JTA) — On Wednesday, Rabbi Shlomo Baksht and his team were still looking into moving the 250 children of the three orphanages they run in Ukraine westward, away from the Russian border. It was a last resort meant to get the children out of the southern port city of Odessa and the path of an…
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Fast Forward British Orthodox school fined for taking children hiking in an ice storm
(JTA) — A court in the United Kingdom fined an Orthodox Jewish school approximately $40,000 for taking 10 pupils on a hike during an ice storm. One boy suffered minor injuries from a fall after the group, led by teachers from the Gateshead Cheder school, lost their way in the Helvellyn mountains in 2020. Another boy panicked,…
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Fast Forward Dutch universities order staff to reveal their ties to Jewish and Israeli groups
(JTA) — At the behest of a pro-Palestinian organization whose critics say is antisemitic, administrators at more than a dozen Dutch universities are instructing their staff to list their interactions with Israeli and Jewish organizations. The order followed a request sent last month by The Rights Forum, a pro-Palestinian advocacy group, to the offices of…
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Fast Forward British Jews record 2,255 antisemitic incidents last year — the highest tally in Europe
(JTA) — British Jews and authorities have recorded 2,255 antisemitic incidents in the United Kingdom in 2021 — the highest total in recent years anywhere in Europe. It is also the highest total ever reported in a single calendar year by the Community Security Trust, British Jewry’s antisemitism watchdog. The CST report published Wednesday found an…
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