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Culture Jewish writers from former Soviet Union watch invasion with fear, dread — and recognition
Novelist Zhanna Slor was born a few weeks after the Chernobyl disaster, in the Ukrainian city of Chernivtsi. Her timely arrival probably saved her father’s life. An engineer, he was slated to join cleanup crews at the radioactive site — until Slor’s mother demanded he stick around for the birth. That family story returned to…
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Fast Forward Former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir is a hero to Ukrainians in the fight against Russia
(JTA) — The most prominent Jewish figure in Ukraine right now is the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky. The runner-up may well be another country’s famous Jewish leader. Golda Meir, the fourth prime minister of Israel and a native of Kyiv whose family fled amid antisemitic violence, has loomed large ever since Russia launched its war…
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Opinion Soviet Jews built the start-up nation. Israel should rush to welcome Ukrainian refugees today
Over 2 million Ukrainians have fled their country in the 14 days since the aggressive Russian invasion began, creating the fastest refugee crisis in modern history. Ukraine’s neighbors — such as Poland, Hungary, Moldova and Belarus — have been the first destination for most of these refugees, as the rest of the world watches in…
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Fast Forward Russian Jews also seeking refuge in Israel amidst Ukraine crisis
This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. With planeloads of Jewish refugees from Ukraine landing at Ben-Gurion International Airport this week, Israel is also starting to gear up for a big jump in aliyah from the very country responsible for putting these new immigrants on the run: Russia. “We anticipate…
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Fast Forward Israeli universities give Ukrainians a chance to resume their educations
Israeli universities are raising the Ukrainian flag in a show of solidarity, but some are backing up the symbolic gesture by offering Ukrainian students and academics spots in their classrooms and opportunities on their campuses. Hebrew University, the public research university based in Jerusalem, announced early this week that it will offer emergency aid to…
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Opinion My Jewish family is being bombed in Ukraine
Sometimes it feels like history is doing its best to prove to my family that there’s no safe place on earth. As an Israeli national born to Jewish Ukrainian parents, I often joke that I feel comfortable in Quebec, where I have lived for the past seven years, because here, too, there is a generations-old…
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Fast Forward To help Ukraine, these Jewish bakers are making hamantaschen
(JTA) — This article originally appeared on The Nosher. With Purim just a few weeks away, a Berlin baker has turned to her kitchen to whip up hamantaschen to support Ukrainian refugees fleeing the ongoing Russian invasion. Laurel Kratochvila, the Jewish-American owner of Fine Bagels, a New York-style bagel shop on Berlin’s East Side, got the idea…
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Fast Forward At the Moldova border, Jews from Odessa wonder when they’ll be able to return home
PALANCA, Moldova (JTA) — When you stand under the border post between Ukraine and Moldova, things feel almost normal. There are a dozen cars being processed. There is a border guard drawing on a cheap cigarette. There is even a duty-free shop where you can buy yourself a coffee. And yet there was nothing normal…
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