Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has released its first statement on the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, calling for a peaceful resolution to the crisis there.
Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich, a chief rabbi of Ukraine, accused Russia of staging anti-Semitic “provocations” in Crimea in order to justify its invasion of the former Soviet republic.
Recent events in Ukraine and Russia have put back in the headlines some terms with ugly resonances for Jews, but their contemporary meanings are often more complex than we realize.