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Yiddish World New film about postwar shtetls in the former USSR is now streaming
The film "Shtetlers" reveals the Jewish culture that Jews and non-Jews shared in these towns.
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Fast Forward Russia’s foreign minister says West’s opposition to Russia’s war is like Hitler’s ‘final solution’
Lavrov’s latest likening of Ukraine’s defense to the Nazis drew condemnation from U.S. and Israeli officials
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Fast Forward Weapons have been heading from Israel to Ukraine — out of an American stockpile
Israel has declined to send weapons of its own, out of concerns about inflaming tensions with Russia
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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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Fast Forward Trump nominee defends college cartoon of Jewish student with devil horns at Senate hearing
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Fast Forward Half of Americans think the U.S. is ‘too supportive’ of Israel
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Opinion How Israel’s strongest partisans destroyed global support for Israel