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Fast Forward With Russian troops ousted from Kherson, local Jewish leaders find themselves accused of collaboration
Rabbi Yosef Itzhak Wolff has reportedly fled to Germany
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Fast Forward With a dark winter looming in Ukraine, Jewish groups send generators and other support
Russian shelling has threatened Ukraine’s electrical grid, a pressing concern as cold weather sets in
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Opinion What Netanyahu’s win in the Israeli elections means for the war in Ukraine
Russia is celebrating Netanyhu’s win. But does Putin still have a partner in Israel?
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Yiddish World Why you never heard of the avant-garde Jewish artist Sarah Shor
She survived pogroms, Stalin and more — by safely avoiding the spotlight
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Fast Forward Sharansky: Despite the war, there is more hope for Jews in Ukraine than in Russia
More Russian Jews have made aliyah than Ukrainian because there is a 'feeling that the iron curtain is coming back' in Russia, said ex-Jewish Agency chief Natan Sharansky
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Fast Forward Refugees have grown some Ukrainian cities’ dwindling Jewish communities, potentially forever
The main synagogue in Lviv, in the relative safety of western Ukraine, has seen the number of Jews it’s helping more than triple since before the war. Many may never leave.
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Fast Forward In rare rebuke, Russian chief rabbi accuses senior defense official of antisemitism
Berel Lazar’s top spokesperson said he feared a remark linked to the war in Ukraine marks “a new era” for the country’s Jews
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Fast Forward ‘We don’t know who is alive’: Concern mounts for Jews living in Russian-occupied Ukraine
Jews who fled the four regions that Russia now claims say they often can’t through to those they left behind, and when they do, the news is grim
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Opinion What a remarkable Torah rescued from Iran — then LA’s fire — can teach about community amid devastation
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Fast Forward Israel’s judicial overhaul is back. So are the protests.
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Opinion After 15 months of war, Israelis are all scaffolding, helping hold each other up
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Fast Forward Their Pacific Palisades synagogue is standing, but all three rabbis lost their homes
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