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    Ukrainian Jews have historically spoken Russian. The war is changing that.

    Posted On: March 22nd, 2023
    Posted In: Russia–Ukraine War

    An effort is underway to translate Jewish texts into Ukrainian for the first time. Three rabbis sat around a breakfast table in this city's Tsori Gilod Synagogue, discussing Russia's war on the country where they...

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    Timothy Snyder: Playing the Victim, Testimony to the United Nations Security Council on Russian hate speech

    Posted On: March 16th, 2023
    Posted In: Russia–Ukraine War

    Transcript courtesy of Timothy Snyder Originally appeared @snyder.substack.com  14 March 2023 (This is the text of my briefing of The United Nations Security Council this morning, 14 March 2023, for a session called by the...

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    How Russian fake news about Ukraine is created and exposed in Israel

    Posted On: March 15th, 2023
    Posted In: Russia–Ukraine War

    In early March 2023, fake information about an alleged "ban on the Ukrainian flag in Israel" began to spread throughout Russian media, pro-Russian media in various countries, and social media groups. According to this fake...

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    Israel: A priest and a rabbi prayed together for Ukraine

    Posted On: February 27th, 2023
    Posted In: Russia–Ukraine War

    On the first anniversary of the Russian Federation’s full-scale war against Ukraine, mass rallies in support of Ukraine took place in Israel. Over 4,000 people, amassed by the NGO Israeli Friends of Ukraine, gathered at...

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    Address by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy "February. The year of invincibility"

    Posted On: February 24th, 2023
    Posted In: Russia–Ukraine War

    Great People of Great Ukraine! A year ago, on this day, from this very place, at about seven in the morning, I addressed you with a short statement. It lasted only 67 seconds. It contained...

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    Jewish reflections on a year of war

    Posted On: February 24th, 2023
    Posted In: Russia–Ukraine War

    On 24 February 2022 at 5:07 a.m., Ukraine time, Russia launched a series of missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, and the northeastern city of Kharkiv, thus starting a genocidal war against Ukraine. In...

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    US President Joe Biden delivers remarks addressing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

    Posted On: February 21st, 2023
    Posted In: Russia–Ukraine War

    US President Joe Biden delivers remarks ahead of the one-year anniversary of Russia’s brutal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, addressing how the United States has rallied the world to support the people of Ukraine as...

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    Volodymyr Zelensky's speech at the Munich Security Conference

    Posted On: February 17th, 2023
    Posted In: Russia–Ukraine War

    Ladies and Gentlemen! I greet all of you and would like to remedy one injustice right away. This panel discussion is called 'David on the Dnipro'. I consider it as a rightful respect to Ukraine...

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    On Ukraine's front lines, Russia is razing Bakhmut's Jewish history to the ground

    Posted On: February 15th, 2023
    Posted In: Russia–Ukraine War

    The brutal year-long Russian invasion of Ukraine is crushing two centuries of Jewish heritage, including a community that endured Nazi massacres, in the 'fortress' city of Bakhmut Despite a vicious, eight-month onslaught by Russian forces,...

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    Opinion: Why Netanyahu is suddenly a lot less friendly with Putin

    Posted On: February 9th, 2023
    Posted In: Russia–Ukraine War

    Opinion by Anshel Pfeffer Editor's Note: Anshel Pfeffer (@anshelpfeffer) is a writer for Ha'aretz and the Israel correspondent of The Economist. He is the author of "Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu."...

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    The 'Encounter' prize aims to build on the common experiences of Ukrainians and Jews over the centuries, expressed in literature and nonfiction. The Prize will be awarded annually to the most influential work in literature and nonfiction (in alternate years) that fosters Ukrainian-Jewish understanding, helping solidify Ukraine's place as a multi-ethnic society and giving truth to the motto, "Our stories are incomplete without each other."

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