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Opinion ‘I’m terrified for him’: American Jews hearts are tied to Zelenskyy’s fate
When Stephanie Gold, a Los Angeles lawyer, read that Volodymyr Zelenskyy told European Union leaders, “this might be the last time you see me alive,” she broke down and cried. “I’m terrified for him,” she said. There’s something unique about the way that Zelenskyy has entered the hearts of American Jews. In a week, Ukraine’s…
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Opinion On dissonance: watching the war as a Ukrainian-American Jew
Before last week, my greatest concerns were avoiding Omicron and looking for a new job. Now I’m waiting for news on when the war in Ukraine, the country my parents and grandparents were born in, will stop. Over the past few days, my grandmother has made several calls to distant friends and relatives overseas, checking…
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Culture Rallying behind Mila Kunis, Jews in entertainment raise millions for Ukraine
A Ukraine fundraiser launched by Ukrainian-American Jewish actor Mila Kunis has racked up $17 million in donations in four days — and some of the biggest Jewish names in the entertainment industry are atop the donor list. Since Kunis and her husband, her “That ‘70s Show” co-star Ashton Kutcher, launched the GoFundMe page — vowing…
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Culture Kyiv or Kiev? Zelensky or Zelenskyy? For Ukraine, spelling is a political act
As tanks advance and homes burn while the Russian invasion of Ukraine intensifies, the spelling of place names may seem like a minor concern. But spelling — and the English transliteration of it — can have tremendous political significance. Spelling can also indicate how credible a news source is, and it can clarify which side…
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Opinion Babyn Yar is a site of Jewish death. Its memorial is a testament to a democratic Ukraine
“My sister, brothers, mother and father are all buried in Babi Yar,” Fania Khasidovich told me when I visited her in 2008 in Fastiv, a city of 40,000 people about 50 miles southwest of Kyiv. It was only a few days before her 92nd birthday. “I was with them,” she continued, “I lived through it,…
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Fast Forward ‘Irpin was beautiful’: Jewish leader mourns Ukrainian hometown shelled by Russia
This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. When Alexander Gaidar left Irpin on February 20 to attend the funeral of his father in Germany, he had no way of knowing that the quiet Kyiv suburb which he has long called home would soon make international headlines. Sadly, that’s what happened…
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Fast Forward Israel prepares for wave of immigrants from Ukraine while debating how many non-Jewish refugees will be allowed in
(JTA) — Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees landed in Israel Sunday, among them some 90 orphans between the ages of two and 12, in what Israeli government officials are expecting will be a wave of thousands of Ukrainian Jews immigrating to Israel in the coming months. But whether Israel will accept Ukrainian refugees who are not…
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News She fled antisemitism in Ukraine. Now Mila Kunis is raising $30 million to help its refugees.
A lot of actors have weighed in with thoughts, prayers, tweets and donations to help Ukrainians. Mila Kunis is doing it at scale. Kunis, who was born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine and moved with her family to the United States in 1991 at the age of 7, and her husband Ashton Kutcher have raised $16.3 million…
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