Ukraine
The Nazis destroyed Jews physically, and the Communists obliterated their memory.
Taras Bulba-Borvets becomes a hero.
A prelude to the Holocaust?
How did it get there?
It’s sending military aid, much to Russia’s chagrin.
When the totalitarian regimes of the Eastern bloc collapsed in 1989, some predicted a return of virulent anti-Semitism. Certainly, it has not disappeared. But the. . .
Signatories of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which concerns the protection of civilians in a war zone, have gathered ostensibly to discuss and clarify some of. . .
A first-hand report on the refugees from the war-torn towns of eastern Ukraine.
The Betrayers, a new novel by the Canadian Jewish writer David Bezmozgis (Natasha, The Free World), centers on the story of Baruch Kotler, a Soviet. . .
In Ukraine as in Gaza, only one side can unambiguously claim to be in the right. Unless the West recovers its own ideas of morality. . .
In Ukraine as in the Holy Land, civilization sits precariously on a field sodden in blood. Israel understands this. Does the White House?
For the future good of the country, and of its Jews, Ukrainian nationalism with all its flaws trumps Russian regional imperialism.
Vladimir Putin's effort to split Ukrainian Jews from their fellow citizens may have achieved the opposite goal of aligning them with Kiev.
Having it both ways, Russian propaganda depicts Ukrainian Jews as victims whom Moscow must protect—and as global villains to be resisted.