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Yiddish World Yiddish song mystifies, then wows judges on Ukrainian version of ‘The Voice’
A Forverts reader has informed us that two former Ukrainian pop stars, known as The Alibi Sisters, recently performed the Yiddish song “Chiribim-Chiribom” at the blind auditions on the Ukrainian version of “The Voice.” In the video, the judges, presumably none of them Jewish, initially appear mystified by the act – some sporting a slightly…
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Nazi-collaborator monuments Nazi collaborator monuments in Ukraine
Many new streets and monuments have been erected since a new government took over in 2014
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Fast Forward DOJ moves to seize property bought by donors to Jewish nonprofits
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a complaint last week to seize property that was bought by two influential Jewish nonprofit donors in Florida who are accused of laundering money from Ukraine. The two men were the subject of a Forward investigation last February. The Justice Department says that two Ukranian oligarchs, Igor Veleryevich Kolomoisky…
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Culture Alexander Vindman and his twin share their story of service
In a Veterans Day message, Lt. Col Alexander Vindman and his twin brother, Lt. Col Yevgeny Vindman, told their story on behalf of all refugees, military and civilian. In the video for HIAS, the 139-year-old Jewish nonprofit that aids refugees from around the world, the brothers, who were smeared as disloyal by the Trump administration,…
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Fast Forward FBI raids offices of Jewish philanthropists implicated in Ukrainian money-laundering scheme
The FBI raided real estate offices associated with two prominent Jewish philanthropists Tuesday morning, likely in connection to a money-laundering scheme out of Ukraine that was the subject of a Forward investigation earlier this year. The FBI searched the Cleveland and Miami offices of Optima Management Group, said Special Agent Vicki Anderson-Gregg at the FBI’s…
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Fast Forward Remains of 286 Jewish Holocaust victims uncovered in 2 basements in Ukraine
(JTA) — The remains of 286 Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust were found in two basements in a town in southwest Ukraine. The remains, mostly women and children, will be buried in a mass grave in the ancient Jewish cemetery in Sataniv, Ynet reported. The town had an organized Jewish community for about…
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Culture Ukrainian hostage situation ends after president plugs Joaquin Phoenix film
So, who had “gunman releases 13 hostages after the Ukrainian president agrees to endorse an obscure 2005 documentary narrated by Joaquin Phoenix” on their 2020 bingo card? If you did, congrats. Yesterday morning in Lutsk, a city in Western Ukraine, a 44-year-old man named Maksym Kryvosh fired an automatic weapon before entering a bus and…
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News Orthodox agency sued for negligence by woman alleging rape by foster father
A Ukrainian-born Jewish woman who said her foster father raped her sued him, New York City and the Orthodox agency that placed her in his home. The plaintiff, whose legal name at the time was Yana Nikolayeva but is listed as Jane Doe in the court documents, is suing Milton Jacobs for sexual assault and…
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