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Fast Forward At Manhattan’s only Russian dual-language school, Jewish parents stand in solidarity with Ukraine
(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Jewish parents at P.S. 145, the only public school in Manhattan with a Russian dual-language program, are speaking out against the war in Ukraine. PTA co-president Sasha Stashwick said that it was important the school makes it clear that its families do not stand for this war. “We…
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News Meet Israel Sabag, the man finding shelter for Ukrainian refugees in Romania — and their pets
Israel Sabag was facing a rebellion from the busload of 30 refugees who arrived unexpectedly at the Joint Distribution Committee’s tent here on Ukraine’s border with Romania Friday morning. Sabag, the Joint’s director for Romania, had been working for weeks with local hotels and hostels to prepare for the flood of people that had been…
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Archive ‘Cattle grazed among the bones of our sacred martyrs’: Covering Babyn Yar through the decades
It took two years for the Forward to first cover the 1941 massacre at Babyn Yar, a ravine in Ukraine, where the Nazis massacred more than 33,000 Jews over two days. The 1943 article came after the nearby city of Kyiv was liberated by the Red Army. That feature piece by Avrom Leyb Hendin —…
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Opinion ‘Everyone believes Ukraine will win – it’s just a question of the price we will pay’
I’m sorry for crying. Today is the hardest day. I don’t remember what it feels like not having the war. I remember that I used to have feelings and ambitions, but since the war began, it’s been very hard to make myself do anything or concentrate. I hate that I can’t feel anything when I…
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Fast Forward Aaron Parnas, whose dad Lev was at center of Trump-Ukraine scandal, is a pro-Ukraine influencer on TikTok
(JTA) — Lev Parnas tried to leverage aid to Ukraine to get President Joe Biden investigated. His son is racking up millions of TikTok views by praising Biden for giving Ukraine aid without conditions. Aaron Parnas, who is 22, has emerged as a leading pro-Ukraine voice on the video app. He posts videos of himself updating…
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Opinion How is the Russia-Ukraine war different from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Let me count the ways
This is an adaptation of Looking Forward, a weekly email from our editor-in-chief sent on Friday afternoons. Sign up here to get the Forward’s free newsletters delivered to your inbox. Download and print our free magazine of stories to savor over Shabbat and Sunday. Perhaps you’ve seen the Twitter posts: paired photographs of a Ukrainian…
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Fast Forward Madison Cawthorn: Volodymr Zelenskyy is a ‘woke’ ‘thug’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Madison Cawthorn, the North Carolina Republican congressman with a knack for controversy, called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “thug” whose government pushes “woke” ideologies. “Remember that Zelenskyy is a thug,” Cawthorn said in a video posted Thursday by WRAL, the NBC affiliate in Raleigh. “Remember that the Ukrainian government is incredibly corrupt…
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Fast Forward Their country suddenly a pariah, Jews look for ways to leave Russia
TEL AVIV (JTA) — “You’ll be calling until the mashiach comes,” one woman responded this week to a frantic query about embassy appointments on a Facebook group for Russians planning to move to Israel. While Russians seeking to make the move, known as aliyah, may not have to wait until the messiah arrives, they are facing…
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