Jeremy Borovitz
By Jeremy Borovitz
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Opinion The years I spent in Ukraine taught me a very Jewish concept: hope
BERLIN (JTA) – I watch what is happening in Ukraine and I feel helpless, scared for the state of the world, terrified for my friends and former students and anxious about the future of the place that I called home for nearly four years of my life. When I first arrived in Ukraine 12 years…
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Opinion American Jew Struggles With Divided Emotions at Ukraine Rally
(JTA) — As I stood as one of the few Americans among the masses of protesters at Kiev’s Independence Square, the frigid cold reminded me that this was my fourth year trying to survive a harsh Ukrainian winter. The crowd seemed be warming up thanks to the incessant chants – and hot breath – that…
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