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Opinion For Ukraine’s Jews, the work is not yet done — even as the war rages into its third year
“I hate what’s brought me here, but I love who I’ve become,” a cousin of the author, a JDC official, told him during his recent visit to Ukraine
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News Russia’s invasion of Ukraine inadvertently sparks a Jewish renaissance — in Armenia
Jews from both Ukraine and Russia made their way to Yerevan, Armenia’s biggest city. Many are staying
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Opinion Exclusive: Natan Sharansky on his letters with Alexei Navalny
The Jewish Russian refusenik described Navalny as 'a kindred spirit'
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Fast Forward Evan Gershkovich’s pretrial detention extended through late March, one year after his arrest
The Wall Street Journal condemned the court’s decision, which was made in a closed hearing on Friday
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Fast Forward Pelosi suggests Russia is behind some pro-Palestinian activists
The former House Speaker called for an FBI investigation into the financing behind some of the demonstrations
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Culture Russian authorities are calling the death of a prominent Jewish poet an ‘accident’ — his compatriots say it was an assassination
Lev Rubinstein spent his life in the shadow of antisemitism
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Fast Forward In first comments on jailed reporter Evan Gershkovich, Vladimir Putin said Russia seeks a prisoner exchange
The State Department revealed on Dec. 5 that it had made an offer to Russia to trade prisoners for Gershkovich and another imprisoned American, but that the deal was turned down
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Fast Forward As antisemitism spikes across Europe, more fingers are pointing at Russia
“Russia uses these pre-existing fissures in society to drive further polarization,” said one expert
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Opinion Trump’s attacks on the Smithsonian come straight from the Nazi playbook
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Fast Forward ‘Be a human being about this’: Ritchie Torres, Adam Friedland and a sensational confrontation over the Israel-Hamas War
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Fast Forward Former Biden officials are speaking out about what happened behind the scenes on Israel
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Fast Forward Yosef Blau, author of an Orthodox rabbis’ letter calling out Israel, responds to his critics
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Yiddish ווי ייִדישע קינדער־ליטעראַטור האָט געזאָלט העלפֿן קינדער פֿאַרשטיין די וועלטHow Yiddish children’s literature aimed to help kids make sense of the world
די אַמאָליקע קינדערביכער האָבן אָפּגעשפּיגלט כּלערליי פּאָליטישע וויזיעס און אויך אַ נײַעם פֿאַרשטאַנד פֿון קינדער און משפּחה־לעבן.
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