Volodymyr Zelensky’s Jewishness
How the Ukrainian leader emerged as the symbol of a nation that has “perpetually tried to spit [Jews] out.”
March 3, 2022
Russian Bombs Hit Babi Yar
Ukrainian authorities report damage to the Holocaust memorial site.
On Tuesday, a Russian strike on a TV tower in Kyiv also damaged the Babi Yar (in Ukrainian, Babyn Yar) memorial site, which marks the mass grave of tens of thousands of Jews, murdered there in 1941. JNS reports:
March 3, 2022
Russian Bombs Hit Babi Yar
Ukrainian authorities report damage to the Holocaust memorial site.
Israeli and Turkish Think Tanks Confer in Tel Aviv in Advance of President Herzog’s Trip to Ankara
The private meetings may signal a thaw in relations between the former allies.
A New Play Explores the Unease of Modern French Jewry
Joshua Harmon’s Prayer for the French Republic asks the question, “When is it time to leave?”
The Great Revolt of Judea against Rome
A new history examines the enduring legacy of the rebellion.