Ukraine’s next president is a Jewish comedian Volodymyr Zelensky’s victory is seen by some locals as proof that their society is not anti-Semitic.
Jewish comedian elected Ukraine’s president by a landslide, exit polls show Volodymyr Zelensky, who portrays the president on television, may have beat Petro Poroshenko, who conceeded shortly after the polls closed, with a 40-point lead.
A Jewish comedian is the front-runner in Ukraine’s presidential vote Volodymyr Zelensky, 41, is sometimes dubbed the “Ukrainian Donald Trump” because of the character he plays on TV.