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Culture How a career in performance prepared Volodymyr Zelenskyy for this moment in Ukraine
One of Karl Marx’s best-known lines appears in “The Eighteenth Brumaire,” his merciless vivisection of the revolution of 1848 in France. Torn between crying and laughing at the words and actions of the French revolutionaries, who seemed to see themselves as characters in a remake of the earlier revolution of 1789, Marx panned their performance….
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Fast Forward ‘We’ll be on the right side of history’: Lapid says Israel will back UN vote condemning Russia
This story originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Monday that Israel will back a UN vote to condemn Russia for invading Ukraine. Lapid added that the United States “realizes that there are issues that require our consideration,” referring to Israel’s response to the Russia-Ukraine crisis. He…
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Fast Forward Queer activists gather in NYC to support Ukraine — Jewishly
“Queer people anywhere are responsible for queer people everywhere,” a sign read outside of the Stonewall Inn in New York City Saturday afternoon, where activists gathered outside of the historic LGBTQ+ rights landmark to express solidarity with marginalized Ukrainians as they face persecution under the invasion of Russian troops that began earlier last week. In…
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Fast Forward Ukraine tries recruiting Israelis and other international volunteers to fight the Russian army
(JTA) — Ukraine’s embassy in Israel tried to recruit Israelis to join the Ukrainian fight against Russia in a Facebook post Saturday. “The Embassy has begun the formation of lists of volunteers who wish to participate in combat actions against the Russian aggressor,” the embassy wrote in a Facebook post that was later taken down,…
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Fast Forward Ukrainian Jews, scarred by a bloody history, find themselves refugees once again
(JTA) — Across Ukraine, Jews are engaging in a historically Jewish experience: becoming refugees. And hundreds of them from Odessa have headed to an unlikely destination, the impoverished nation of Moldova whose capital, Chisinau, was the site of a major pogrom that became a symbol of Jewish flight Eastern Europe in the early 20th century….
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Fast Forward In Israel, some Russian speakers support Ukraine. Some back Putin.
HAIFA, Israel (JTA) — The Russian invasion into Ukraine happened about 1,600 miles north of this port city in Israel, but many of its Russian speakers are experiencing the conflict as though it’s unfolding next door. “I put on the radio and heard the news this morning. I’ve been following in shock and distress all…
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Opinion Ukrainian refugees need our help. Here’s how Jews can act now
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently made an urgent plea to global leaders: “If you don’t help us now, if you fail to offer a powerful assistance to Ukraine, tomorrow the war will knock on your door.” The war is already knocking. Ukrainians — especially women and children — are fleeing their cities, enduring unimaginable risks….
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Fast Forward First Israel-bound immigrants cross from Ukraine into Poland
(Ha’aretz) — After a harrowing journey that took nearly an entire day, a small group of immigrants bound for Israel from Ukraine crossed the border into Poland on Saturday. According to the Jewish Agency, which arranged for their departure, the immigrants will be put up in Warsaw for the next few days before flying to…
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