Ukraine

Ukrainian senior academic proposes to rename city of Uman for Nazi collaborator

The pilgrimage destination should be called “Bandera City,” Bohdan Bilinsky suggested after Israel’s ambassador protested a stadium being named for another alleged war criminal.

the Brody synagogue in Ukraine pictured in 2012. (Wikimedia Commons)

Roof collapses on dilapidated 18th-century former synagogue in Ukraine

The damage this month follows an earlier collapse in 2006.

The interior of the Great Synagogue of Slonim, Belarus pictured in 2007. (Wikimedia Commons)

In Eastern Europe, historic synagogues are sold for the price of a used car

But new owners often need to commit to restore the structures that local governments and Jewish communities are having difficulties maintaining.

Global

ADL singles out Poland, Hungary, Russia and British Labour Party in Europe anti-Semitism report

Global

Jewish lawmaker starts impeachment push against Ukraine’s Jewish president

Participants of an annual event in honor of Stepan Bandera march through Kyiv, Ukraine on Jan. 1, 2021. (Genya Savilou/AFP via Getty Images)

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In Ukraine, far-right protesters demand Israel apologize for communist oppression

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In Ukraine, hundreds march with torches in annual tribute to Nazi collaborator

Customers wait to be served at the Ukrainian Airlines office at International Airport Boryspil in Kyiv, Ukraine of Jan. 8, 2020. (Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Global

Israeli court orders Ukrainian Airlines to pay $3,100 for employees’ anti-Semitic remarks

A man topples a Hanukkah menora in Kyiv, Ukraine on Dec. 10, 2020. (ZIK)

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‘Jews to the graves,’ Ukrainian ultranationalist shouted as he toppled Kyiv Hanukkah menorah

A woman stands in a field that used to be part of a Jewish cemetery in Hulyaipole, Ukraine in December 2021. (TCN)

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Farmers desecrate Jewish cemetery in Ukraine

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