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Volodymyr Zelensky

cover of Time shows painterly image of Zelensky gazing off heroically
Posted inWorld

As Time’s Person of the Year, Zelensky joins a short list of Jews, and a longer list of antisemites

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward December 7, 2022

Gazing off with determination, or even a glimmer of hope on the cover, Volodymyr Zelensky, along with the “Spirit of Ukraine,” is the Time Person of the Year, joining an […]

Hennady Korban attends a hearing in his corruption trial in Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 25, 2016. (Photo/JTA-Serhii Nuzhnenko-Pacific Press-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Zelensky reportedly strips 3 Jewish oligarchs of citizenship

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA July 28, 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky holds a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, Mar. 12, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Emin Sansar-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

Volodymyr Zelensky, Mila Kunis, Zoë Kravitz among Jews on this year’s Time 100 list

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA May 24, 2022May 24, 2022
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, shakes hands with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, May 21, 2015. (Photo/JTA-Kremlin media center)
Posted inWorld

Speaking about Zelensky, Russian foreign minister says Hitler also had Jewish ancestry

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA May 2, 2022
A view of the memorial, on the site of a mass killing of Jews by Nazis during WWII, a day after it was damaged in a Russian shelling, at the entrance of the Drobitsky Yar Holocaust memorial complex on the eastern outskirts of Kharkiv, Mar. 27, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Sergey Bobok-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Ukraine says a memorial to Jews murdered during the Holocaust was damaged by Russian shelling

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA March 29, 2022July 4, 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky holds a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, Mar. 12, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Emin Sansar-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Zelensky says Jerusalem could serve as site for negotiation with Russia

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA March 14, 2022
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
Zelensky appears on a large screen in front of a crowd of people outdoors
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Zelensky thanks Israel for support a day after Bennett’s meeting with Putin

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA March 7, 2022March 7, 2022
Raphael Bob-Waksberg, creator of "BoJack Horseman" (Photo/Courtesy of Netflix)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Jewish Emmy noms; Rogen stirs the pot; Zelensky endorses Joaquin Phoenix film to save hostages; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 31, 2020August 5, 2020
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky smiles after meeting U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the General Assembly in New York, Sept. 26, 2019. (JTA/Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)
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Ukraine president’s meeting with Mila Kunis offers no escape from scandal

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA September 27, 2019

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