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Opinion The years I spent in Ukraine taught me a very Jewish concept: hope
BERLIN (JTA) – I watch what is happening in Ukraine and I feel helpless, scared for the state of the world, terrified for my friends and former students and anxious about the future of the place that I called home for nearly four years of my life. When I first arrived in Ukraine 12 years…
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Culture How Putin and Trump loyalists are illegitimately redefining the word legitimate (and language itself)
The word “legitimate” is suddenly hot — and it’s being increasingly used to justify the unjustifiable. In the recent rare and unified front of Republicans and Democrats, rushing to sanction Russia as it begins an invasion of Ukraine, it may be convenient to stop thinking about the Republican National Committee’s statement that the Jan. 6…
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News Eastern Ukraine’s Jews brace for food shortages and antisemitic provocations
This article originally appeared on Haaretz and was reprinted here with permission. With Russian troops moving into eastern Ukraine following Moscow’s official recognition of two breakaway separatist enclaves on Monday evening, local Jewish leaders have expressed concern not only that their constituents could be displaced by renewed fighting, but that the Kremlin may attempt to…
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Yiddish World The stormy, yet rich history of the Jews in Ukraine
Ukraine is in the news. Daily reports pour in about the buildup of Russian troops – as many as 130,000, to the north, east and south of the country. Diplomatic activity is also escalating but without a clear path to resolving the situation. NATO is on alert. Ukrainian civilians are beginning to train militia-style to…
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Opinion Amidst conflict, Ukrainian Jewish women are thriving — and preparing for whatever happens next
As tensions between Russia and Ukraine continue to mount, a chorus of male voices from the Soviet Jewish Diaspora, and an older generation of Jewish Ukrainian leaders, are telling us what to think about it. It is common to see panels of Jewish life in Ukraine with no women represented, hosting Ukrainian leaders who have…
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Opinion In Ukraine, I was never allowed to forget that I was a Jew
As told to Nora Berman; edited for length and clarity I find it offensive when people describe me as a Ukrainian Jew. I am Jewish, and I was born in Ukraine, yet I feel quite separate from the buildup of Russian troops on the eastern border and the threat of invasion. In Ukraine, I was…
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Opinion I was in a movie with Zelenskyy. His Jewish optimism will help him beat Russia
“Hey, do you know you were in a movie with the new Ukrainian president?” my brother texted me in the Spring of 2019. He included a screenshot of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s IMDb page. “Who me?” I wrote back, adding a perplexed hands-up emoji that perfectly represented the haggard suburban mom I now was. I’d gotten used…
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Culture ‘Holocoste’ sweatshirt taken down by Ukrainian Jewish group
Thousands of stores sell knockoff brand merchandise. But one decided to take it a step further by bringing antisemitism into it with a “Holocoste” sweatshirt, featuring a crocodile like the Lacoste brand’s logo. Elina Katz, a program coordinator for Project Kesher in Ukraine, noticed the sweatshirt for sale on a major e-commerce site called Prom,…
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