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Opinion Why France celebrated a Jewish avenger of Ukrainian pogroms
A century ago, Sholom Schwartzbard assassinated ex-president Symon Petliura in Paris. His acquittal remains a reminder of French friendship to Jews
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Fast Forward Ukraine reburies Nazi collaborator with state honors, drawing Israeli condemnation
The ceremony honoring Andriy Melnyk revived longstanding disputes over Ukraine’s commemoration of World War II-era figures linked to Nazi Germany
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Fast Forward Ukraine threatens sanctions against Israel for buying ‘stolen’ grain from Russia
Israel's foreign minister said the latest ship had not actually entered the port
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Fast Forward After 4 years of war, Ukraine’s Jews adapt to a life of sirens, shortages and uncertainty
In Kyiv, Jewish children gather in bomb shelters to light Shabbat candles.
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Film & TV An idyllic Jewish village, full of life and hope, just hours before its utter annihilation
The Yiddish language Holocaust film 'Shttl' takes place outside Kyiv prior to the Nazi invasion
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Yiddish World Rabbi Mayer Moskowitz z”l, on Hasidic life in pre-war Czernowitz
The beloved rabbi and educator described in detail the Orthodox Jewish community of this once vibrant city
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Fast Forward Transnistria’s Jews find themselves caught in a Soviet time warp as Ukraine war rages next door
The breakaway republic within Moldova is incredibly impoverished
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News Ukraine’s Jews and rabbis ‘on the front line’ as Zelenskyy meets with Trump
Rabbis in Kherson and Odesa describe Jewish life on the front line — funerals, blackouts, orphanages and a fragile faith in God’s plan
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