Ukraine

Ukrainian court reinstates diplomat who blamed Jews for World War II and posed with ‘Mein Kampf’ cake

Israel has expressed its consternation over the ruling, saying it was “confused.”

Jewish director and journalist each receive Ukrainian civil honor for women

Polish-Jewish director Agnieszka Holland and American journalist Anne Applebaum were honored with the country’s Order of Princess Olga of the 3rd Degree for “telling the truth about the tragedy of the Great Famine in Ukraine.”

Red swastikas daubed on Sholem Aleichem statue in Ukraine

The incident in Kyiv follows the publication of a poll suggesting that anti-Semitic sentiment has spread in the country.

Global

Polls suggest anti-Semitic attitudes are on the rise in Ukraine, Poland, Hungary and Russia

Global

Historic former synagogue in Ukraine destroyed in fire

Participants in the March of Dignity gather in Kiev's Maidan Independence Square for ceremonies marking the first anniversary of the Maidan Revolution that led to the ouster of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovic, Feb. 22, 2015. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Global

How Ukraine’s bloody 2014 revolution affected Jews

Ideas

The vilification of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman is definitely bad for the Jews

Ukrainian Jews at the Beit Grand Jewish Community Center in Odessa on Nov. 1, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Global

For Ukrainian Jews, having a Jewish president is a source of pride — and fear

Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas (Getty Images / JTA Montage)

United States

2 Jewish Giuliani associates plead not guilty to charges tied to Ukraine scandal

An effigy of Igor Kolomoisky at the tnrance to the Brodsky Synagogue in Kiev, Ukraine on Oct. 14, 2019. (Courtesy of Eduard Dolinsky)

Global

Ukrainian-Jewish billionaire’s effigy doused with red paint outside synagogue

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