Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of pogrom – pogroms are violent antisemitic riots targeting Jews.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of pogrom – pogroms are violent antisemitic riots targeting Jews.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of pogrom – pogroms are violent antisemitic riots targeting Jews.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of pogrom – pogroms are violent antisemitic riots targeting Jews.
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In a Europe where anti-Semitism is on the rise, a country Jews still associate with the pogrom of family horror stories looks like it’s about to elect a Jewish comedian as head of state. It’s Ukraine, a country of nearly 44 million people. More than one million Jews were murdered here by the Nazis and…
You know that awful nightmare you have where you’re stuck in Europe on the eve of the Holocaust and your family can’t get visas and you end up trapped in an attic, trying not to breath as SS soldiers march beneath you? Wild rumors are spreading throughout the Jewish world by ear and by Internet…
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