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A bookshelf in the town of Medzhybizh with texts in both Hebrew and Russian. (Photo/Jacob Judah)
Posted inWorld

Ukrainian Jews have historically spoken Russian. The war is changing that.

by Jacob Judah and JTA February 23, 2023February 23, 2023

Three rabbis sat around a breakfast table in this city’s Tsori Gilod Synagogue, discussing Russia’s war on the country where they work in a mixture of Yiddish, Hebrew and Russian. […]

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko stands at a checkpoint. (Photo/Forward-Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

Kyiv or Kiev? Zelensky or Zelenskyy? In Ukraine, spelling is political

by Aviya Kushner and Forward March 9, 2022March 9, 2022
Art projects are one way Yom Rishon School brings Jewish studies alive. (Photo/Sue Fishkoff)
Posted inEducation

In Palo Alto, a ‘first day’ of Jewish education — in Russian

by Sue Fishkoff December 29, 2021December 29, 2021
An aerial view of the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem, Dec. 17, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Moshe Shai-Flash90)
Posted inHolocaust Remembrance Day

With Holocaust summit in Jerusalem, Israel gets dragged into Europe’s memory wars

by Sam Sokol and JTA January 22, 2020January 22, 2020
Shalom Bayit outreach staffers Marianna Kritsberg and Sarah Rothe (Photo/Sue Fishkoff)
Posted inNews

Domestic abuse agency can now help Russian-speaking women

by Sue Fishkoff May 14, 2018May 15, 2018

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