Observation
March 9, 2022
The World Knows It as Kiev or Kyiv. To Jews, It’s Yehupetz.
By PhilologosThe name is comical and magical at once, designating a city of broad boulevards and fancy shop windows known to Sholem Aleichem's Tevye the dairyman and others.
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A city that most Americans couldn’t have found on a map a month ago, or even said what country it was the capital of, is now prayed for by everyone. Although the real battle for it has yet to be joined, it has already earned its place in the annals of heroism.
The world knows it as Kiev or Kyiv. To Jews, though, or at least to those familiar with the world of Sholem Aleichem, it also goes by the name of Yehupetz.