War In Ukraine
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Fast Forward Hillel and other Jewish groups call to dedicate a traditional pre-Purim fast day to Ukraine
(JTA) – Russia’s war on Ukraine was only a week old when Rabbi Jeremy Borovitz tweeted a bold suggestion: He called for a Jewish fast day dedicated to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Now, Borovitz is among a growing number of Jews who are planning to dedicate a traditional fast this week to Ukraine, in hopes…
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Fast Forward Meet the Montreal teen who ditched school to help at the Ukrainian border
Fifteen-year-old Montrealer Aviya Scheier is not the kind of teen who plays hooky. Yet last week the diligent tenth grade-student skipped class at Hebrew Academy, where I work, to bring comfort to kids on the Polish side of the Ukrainian border. Aviya flew to Poland with her father, the senior rabbi of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim,…
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Fast Forward In a Jerusalem hotel, Ukrainian refugees face the uncertainties of a new life
This article originally appeared in Haaretz and was reprinted here with permission. The corridor of Jerusalem’s Caesar Hotel resembled an improvised football field on Wednesday. A few children, which in other circumstances should be in school, ran and played on the long carpet. They’re part of a group of about 60 adults and children that…
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Fast Forward Zelenskyy says Jerusalem could serve as potential site for negotiation with Russia
(JTA) — Speaking at a press conference Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Jerusalem could serve as the location for potential negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. “These are not places where we can come to any understandings on ending the war — I’m not talking about technical meetings but meetings between leaders,” Zelenskyy said of Ukraine,…
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Fast Forward At Manhattan’s only Russian dual-language school, Jewish parents stand in solidarity with Ukraine
(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Jewish parents at P.S. 145, the only public school in Manhattan with a Russian dual-language program, are speaking out against the war in Ukraine. PTA co-president Sasha Stashwick said that it was important the school makes it clear that its families do not stand for this war. “We…
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News Meet Israel Sabag, the man finding shelter for Ukrainian refugees in Romania — and their pets
Israel Sabag was facing a rebellion from the busload of 30 refugees who arrived unexpectedly at the Joint Distribution Committee’s tent here on Ukraine’s border with Romania Friday morning. Sabag, the Joint’s director for Romania, had been working for weeks with local hotels and hostels to prepare for the flood of people that had been…
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Archive ‘Cattle grazed among the bones of our sacred martyrs’: Covering Babyn Yar through the decades
It took two years for the Forward to first cover the 1941 massacre at Babyn Yar, a ravine in Ukraine, where the Nazis massacred more than 33,000 Jews over two days. The 1943 article came after the nearby city of Kyiv was liberated by the Red Army. That feature piece by Avrom Leyb Hendin —…
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Opinion ‘Everyone believes Ukraine will win – it’s just a question of the price we will pay’
I’m sorry for crying. Today is the hardest day. I don’t remember what it feels like not having the war. I remember that I used to have feelings and ambitions, but since the war began, it’s been very hard to make myself do anything or concentrate. I hate that I can’t feel anything when I…
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