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Fast Forward 2 years into war, major Jewish fundraising for Ukraine has slowed to a trickle
Donor fatigue set in as the war dragged on. Then Oct. 7 happened
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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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Opinion I spoke out against Mamdani. Then he won. Here’s how we walk forward together.
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Opinion The fundamental miscalculation behind the GOP’s antisemitism crisis
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Opinion A single arrest has thrown the battle for Israel’s soul into sharp relief
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Culture A young Muslim woman moved in with a 96-year-old Jewish actress – and it was bashert
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Film & TV Amy Goodman has been a fearless journalist for more than four decades; she says her Jewish roots made her that way
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Yiddish גרשון ווײַסעס פּאָעטישע חידושיםGershon Weiss’ poetic surprises
אין זײַן בוך לידער פֿאַרטיפֿט זיך דער דיכטער אין פּסיכאָלאָגיע, רוחניות און צווישן־קולטורעלע פֿאַרבינדונגען.
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