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Yiddish World Yiddish film offers authentic recreation of shtetl life before it was destroyed
The title leaves the ‘e’ out of ‘shtetl’ as a symbol of what was lost.
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Fast Forward Number of Russian Jews down sharply in last decade, pre-Ukraine war census reveals
Jews have flooded out of Russia since the war began, further depressing a shrinking population
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Fast Forward Moscow’s former chief rabbi: ‘The best option for Russian Jews is to leave’
He argued that Russia’s floundering invasion of Ukraine is starting to foster an environment in which Jews could be scapegoated
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Forwarding the News ‘Shout it to the world’: Ukrainian Jewish soldier shares story from the frontlines
George Santos set to take office amid 'Jew-ish' scandal, Israel to adopt more pro-Russian line in war, Ohio Holocaust memorial becomes a national monument, and remembering Barbara Walters.
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News The 18 biggest Jewish stories of 2022
Antisemites came out of the shadows this year — as did Jewish heroes
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News A Ukrainian Jew made aliyah. Now he’s back in his homeland fighting Russia
Know as ‘Yevrey’ — Ukrainian for ‘Jew’ — he’s helped defend Kyiv and care for his hometown’s elderly
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Opinion Ukraine’s survival is a modern-day Hanukkah miracle
Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s surprise visit to Washington reminds us what we’re celebrating
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Fast Forward Zelenskyy, ‘modern-day Maccabee,’ invokes candle-lit Christmas in speech to Congress
Those expecting the Ukrainian President to play into Hanukkah metaphors may be disappointed
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