Opinion: I always thought of myself as Jewish, not Russian or Ukrainian — until now
By Elana Rabinowitz (Kveller via JTA) – Like many Eastern European Jews, I am a mutt: an alloy of four distinct European countries blended to make…
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What Zelensky gets wrong about the Holocaust in Ukraine
by Jeffrey Veidlinger (JTA) — In his March 20 speech to Israeli lawmakers, Ukrainian president Volodomyr Zelensky invoked the Holocaust as analogous to what his…
In appeal to Israel, Zelensky invokes the ‘final solution’: ‘You cannot mediate between good and evil’
by Ron Kampeas (JTA) — In a searing 12-minute speech addressing the “people of Israel,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky likened the “final solution” the Nazis…
In a Romanian resort town, Jewish children from Odessa celebrate Purim as refugees
by Marcel Gascón Barberá NEPTUN, Romania (JTA) — Hundreds of Jewish children from Odessa shook the Romanian Black Sea resort of Neptun out of its…
Israel is setting up a $6.4M field hospital in western Ukraine
by Ron Kampeas (JTA) — Israel announced plans to set up a field hospital in western Ukraine as the Russian war against the country shows…