War In Ukraine
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Culture Architect of memorial synagogue at Babyn Yar: Bombing “leaves me speechless, numb and powerless”
In May, the Forward spoke to architect Manuel Herz about a new synagogue he’d designed at the site of Babyn Yar (for years commonly referred to as Babi Yar), where SS officers and Ukrainian allies murdered 34,000 Jews in 1941. Herz modeled the structure after the colorful wooden synagogues that once dotted the Pale of…
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Fast Forward US losing patience as Israel backs Ukraine but pulls punches on Russia
(Ha’aretz) — U.S. officials are growing increasingly impatient with Israel’s attempts to support Ukraine without alienating Russia, arguing that anything less than full support for the beleaguered nation falls short. Israel’s stance is out of sync with the international community and has provoked rare bipartisan criticism in Washington, as Jerusalem strives to maintain Moscow’s permission…
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Fast Forward Ukraine’s Zelenskyy to world’s Jews: ‘Do not remain silent right now’
(JTA) — The morning after Russian forces bombed the site of a 1941 massacre of Ukrainian Jews, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the world’s Jews to speak out about what is happening in his country. Russia’s attack on Babyn Yar, the Kyiv site where Nazis and local collaborators executed tens of thousands of Jews…
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Opinion ‘The needs are so intense’: United Hatzalah medic speaks from Moldovan border
Linor Attias is a volunteer United Hatzalah medic and an emergency management specialist at the Israeli Ministry of Justice. She spoke by phone from Moldova’s border with Ukraine on Tuesday with our Nora Berman. At 3 a.m. on Tuesday, a bus full of refugees arrived. Everyone is working constantly — I rose at 3 to…
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Fast Forward Russia’s Jewish oligarchs and their donations come under threat of Western sanctions amid Ukraine war
(JTA) – Jewish communities in Ukraine received a $10 million gift from a perhaps unlikely source Monday: a charitable organization founded by three Russian Jewish oligarchs who are being accused of having supported the regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The donation is small for the three billionaires behind Genesis Philanthropy Group — Mikhail Fridman,…
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Opinion I live in Ukraine. We’re under bombardment — but still working to serve our Jewish elders
Air raid sirens now set the rhythm of my life. This new reality, one of many that have emerged since the invasion of Ukraine, is marked by constant worry for relatives, friends and colleagues. We lose contact with those we love for many long hours between the blasts, and we’re forced to acquire the grim…
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Opinion I went to Ukraine to find my roots. The KGB found me first
The KGB men who took me into custody in Ukraine were straight out of central casting. The Bad Cop was older, with a porcine face. He wore a leather trench coat cinched tight to his fat frame, and spoke only Russian. The Good Cop was young and lean: Bobby Kennedy to J. Edgar Hoover. His…
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Culture Poets join together for Ukraine
Over 800 people from all over the world came to hear Ukrainian poetry in the original and in translation in a swiftly organized online reading to support writers whose lives are in danger as Russian forces approach. The event, part of a virtual reading series by Words Together Words Apart, offered a window into the…
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