Ukraine’s Zelenskyy threatens to prevent Rosh Hashana Hasidic pilgrimage
Despite the ongoing war and travel restrictions, over 20,000 Israelis traveled to celebrate Rosh Hashana in Uman last year.
Putin: ‘I have Jewish friends but Zelensky is a disgrace to Jewish people’
Russia’s president made the remarks in an address at an annual economic forum in St Petersburg on Friday.
Ukraine makes list of demands as Israeli FM prepares to visit Kyiv
Israel’s new Foreign Minister, Eli Cohen, is going to be faced with a serious challenge to Israel’s neutrality in his upcoming visit to Ukraine.
Biden compares Ukraine’s struggle against Russia to the Hanukkah story
At a press conference on Wednesday afternoon, President Joe Biden assured Ukraine’s Jewish President Volodymyr Zelensky that the US will support him against Russia by comparing the his country’s situation to the war the Maccabees waged against the Greek Seleucids in 167 BCE. Zelensky and Biden gave a joint press conference in the White House. […]
The Whole Truth About Ukraine’s Past Matters
Kyiv is right to ask that Stalin’s terror famine be recognized as genocide. But it should be equally honest about those who collaborated with Hitler.
Nationalism Goes Back into Fashion with Certain Exceptions
The world is right to cheer Ukrainian nationalist fervor and patriotism. Yet why do so many think Jews don’t have the same rights while giving Zelensky a pass for falsifying history?
Zelensky’s Unfortunate Knesset Address
The Ukrainian leader being hailed as a heroic David fending off an evil Goliath not only chastised the Jewish state; he totally distorted Holocaust history in the process.
For the Jews, History Repeats Itself in Ukraine
It’s true that many Ukrainian nationalists initially welcomed the German invaders as liberators during World War Two. But Ukraine suffered more than Russia from Nazism, with more of its population being killed during the war than any other country.
Bennett’s Mission to Moscow Could Help Ukraine. But Can He Stop a New Iran Deal?
The Israeli prime minister sought to mediate a halt to Putin’s aggression. But the wild card is Russia’s role in brokering a new Iran deal that poses an existential threat to the Jewish state.
