War In Ukraine
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Fast Forward Zelenskyy invokes the Holocaust in speech to German parliament
In a speech to the parliament of the nation that birthed Nazism, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy invoked the Holocaust on Thursday, criticizing Germany for failing to step the Russian assault on Ukraine. “After 80 years, something like this happens and I am telling you: Every year politicians repeat the words ‘never again’ and now we…
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Fast Forward For Russians in tech, Israeli passport is a golden parachute
This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. A week before Russia invaded Ukraine, hi-tech entrepreneur and artist Arsen Revzov decided to pack his bags and leave Russia for Israel before it was too late. He landed here over a week ago, but he was not alone. He came with Constantin…
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News Why some Holocaust survivors mourn Ukraine, while others support Putin.
When the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union, Roza Nemirovskaya, then 16 years old, was forced to flee her hometown Ternivka in western Ukraine before hundreds of Jews were slaughtered and buried in a mass grave. Not in her worst nightmare, she said, could she have imagined another devastating war in her homeland during her lifetime….
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News 56 suitcases and a ticket to Warsaw: One woman’s Ukraine relief effort
Barbara Cook was watching the horror in Ukraine unfold on TV and feeling helpless when she stood up, turned off the television, and started packing her bags. Fifty-six bags, to be precise. Cook, an entrepreneur who lives in the East Bay and the daughter of Holocaust survivors, started gathered donations of clothing, toiletries and suitcases…
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Fast Forward Following Roman Abramovich scrutiny, Portugal tightens rules for Sephardic Jews applying for citizenship
(JTA) — In response to scrutiny over the naturalization of Russian-Jewish billionaire Roman Abramovich, Portugal’s government is tightening its law that allows the descendants of Sephardic Jews to become citizens. Applicants must now demonstrate “an effective connection with Portugal,” Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva said Wednesday, according to the Publico newspaper. That involves proof of…
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Culture Jews are joining the fight to defend Ukraine — we’ve been here before
On February 26, just two days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Embassy in Israel issued an invitation to its “dear compatriots, brothers and all caring citizens of Israel.” This was an unusual invitation: it was directed to all of those “who wish to participate in combat actions against the Russian aggressor. The response…
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Culture In Zelenskyy’s Mordechai-like Purim plea, Biden is as uneasy as Esther
Centuries ago, in a story we tell each year on this night, a plea was made to someone with access to power, but who faced no small risk. “Do not imagine that you, of all the Jews, will escape with your life by being in the king’s palace,” Mordechai, a Jew living in Persia told…
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Fast Forward Ukrainian-born Israeli lawmaker sees mass immigration from Ukraine as encouraging sign for Israel
The war in Ukraine should prove to Israel that it can’t depend on the rest of the world for its survival, said a Ukrainian-born Israeli lawmaker and one of the most prominent refuseniks. It is also an opportunity for Israel to welcome thousands who are choosing to make aliyah, Yuli Edelstein, a member of the…
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