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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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Books Amid the terror of war in Ukraine, a stirring debut novel demonstrates the power of love and art
Sam Wachman's 'The Sunflower Boys' is a novel of unmistakable authenticity and empathy
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Yiddish World Ukraine in the words of a murdered Yiddish poet
In June, a book festival in Kyiv featured a discussion titled “Yiddish as a Ukrainian Language”
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Sports An op-ed compared an NBA team to Israel as underdog success stories. Then the threats poured in.
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News Mamdani’s first Jewish Heritage event reveals a narrowed circle
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News ‘It’s the Jews’: San Diego mosque shooters decried ‘the universal enemy’ in hate-filled manifesto
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Opinion Netanyahu is facing electoral catastrophe — and could place Israel in existential peril
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Opinion In Trump’s assault on democracy, echoes of Nazi Germany but new glimmers of hope that America will be different
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Art This Jewish artist hadn’t painted in more than 5 decades. Then came Oct. 7.
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Opinion How can I explain to my 93-year-old mother why it suddenly seems ok to hate Jews?