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February 24, 2022
Two Ways Ukraine Can Fight Back
Yitzhak Sokoloff
February 24, 2022
If Ukrainians come out in the millions shouting “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death,” maybe they could still save their own freedom and possibly that of Russia as well.
The Year of American Potential
Seth Jacobson
February 24, 2022
So enough with the doom-and-gloom predictions for 2022. It’s not that the future is bright, exactly. But the future is changeable.
Kyiv’s Jewish community watches with apprehension as Russia attacks Ukraine
Israel Kasnett, JNS
February 24, 2022
“There are no bomb shelters, organized information or help from the government like we are used to in Israel,” said Inna Markovitch, wife of Kyiv’s chief rabbi. “People are being advised to go to metro stations which are deep underground, but we live 20 minutes away from the closest metro station.”
The War in Ukraine: Thoughts from a Jewish Ex-Soviet
Maxim D. Shrayer
February 24, 2022
This was the land of both my grandfathers and my maternal grandmother, and our family history was rooted in this land and its past.
Jewish Groups React to Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Aaron Bandler
February 24, 2022
Russia launched the invasion against Ukraine on February 24; Russian President Vladimir Putin alleged that the invasion is necessary to “denazify” Ukraine. The Associated Press (AP) reported that Putin was depicting “members of Ukrainian right-wing groups as neo-Nazis, exploiting their admiration for WWII-era Ukrainian nationalist leaders who sided with the Nazis.”
How the JDC is Operating in Ukraine to Assist Jews
Kylie Ora Lobell
February 24, 2022
The humanitarian organization provides food, homecare, medicine and other services to 37,000 poor elderly Jews there, including nearly 10,000 Holocaust survivors.
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