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News ‘Jewish blood helps’: In Ukraine, what once held people back now speeds them to safety
BUCHAREST — Victoria Astakhova, a 66-year-old construction engineer from Kyiv, grew up in the Soviet era, when the stamp on her identity card subjected her to antisemitism from neighbors and limits on how high she could advance at work. “In college,” she recalled, “when my dorm mate discovered my card was stamped ‘Jew,’ she didn’t…
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Culture A stunning documentary recalls the many times Babyn Yar was forgotten
Sergei Loznitsa's "Babi Yar. Context," grapples with events many would rather not discuss
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Opinion I am a Ukrainian Jew. I have lost my mother to Russian disinformation
My mother has been brainwashed by Russian propaganda. Aside from a brief phone call during the first week of the war, I haven’t been communicating with her. It’s too painful to expend energy on reasoning with her while my people are getting killed at the front lines. I choose to spend that time and energy…
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Culture Like Albert Camus, Zelenskyy has learned to resist the plague of the absurd
When the novel coronavirus claimed the world’s attention in 2020, so too did a novel by Albert Camus. With the quickening of the pandemic, “The Plague” became an item almost as essential as toilet paper and facemasks on both sides of the Atlantic. In France, 1,700 copies of “La Peste” were sold in January 2020…
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Fast Forward Ukraine says a memorial to Jews murdered during the Holocaust was damaged by Russian shelling
(JTA) — A memorial to Jews murdered during the Holocaust was damaged by Russian shelling Saturday, according to Ukraine’s government. The memorial is located in Drobitsky Yar near Kharkiv and marks the spot at which about 15,000 to 20,000 Jews were killed by the Nazis in December 1941. Photos from the site showed branches of…
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Fast Forward From tefillin to troop training: Meet the Orthodox former IDF soldier on the front lines in Ukraine
(JTA) — As an Orthodox Jewish man, each morning Tzvi Arieli wraps his arm and forehead with tefillin, the black leather straps that connect two small boxes filled with verses from the Torah. But Arieli makes exceptions. “If I need to shoot some Russians, timing is really important. I might not be able to focus…
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News ‘At 15, you can grow up’: Refugee stories of anguish and hope at the Ukrainian border
MEDYKA, Poland — It was weeks after the bombs started falling close to her fifth-floor apartment in Kyiv that Irena Sakada began to really worry about her 15-year-old daughter, Sofia. That’s when Sofia put down her paints. Unlike most of their friends, Sakada, a manicurist who is 46, had expected the Russian attack, and had…
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Fast Forward MacKenzie Scott gives $10 million to Jewish nonprofit HIAS for Ukraine refugee relief
(JTA) — Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $10 million to the Jewish humanitarian group HIAS for its work aiding refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine. HIAS announced the gift Wednesday as Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, revealed her latest multi-billion-dollar round of charitable giving. She gave $3.8 billion to 465 organizations in this…
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