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Volodymyr Zelensky, elected president of Ukraine in in 2019 (Credot: Kvartal95 official/ Wikipedia)
February 6, 2021, 6:57 pm
Jewish lawmaker starts impeachment push against Ukraine’s Jewish president
Vadim Rabinovich, who leads the largest opposition party, announced the move against Vlodymyr Zelensky over the closure of three television channels
By JTA
Ukrainian nationalists march through Kyiv, 1 January 2015 (Wikipedia / Source https://picasaweb.google.com/102652274152528116947/1012015#6099508032725263714 Author ВО Свобода / Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) )
January 4, 2021, 11:19 am
In Ukraine, hundreds march with torches in annual tribute to Nazi collaborator
Israel’s ambassador condemned the march in Kyiv in memory of Stepan Bandera
By JTA
Gennady Kernes, in 2020 (Source: https://news.rbc.ua/ukr/politics/politsiya-harkova-otkryla-delo-faktu-ischeznoveniya-1604953746.html / Author: Roman Tverdenko, RBC, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International / Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0))
December 19, 2020, 2:44 pm
Popular Ukrainian-Jewish mayor who survived a sniper attack succumbs to Covid
Gennady Kernes, who served the the city of Kharkiv since 2010, died while in Germany in this week
By JTA
An old Jewish headstone in a cemetery
December 13, 2020, 12:02 pm
Farmers desecrate Jewish cemetery in Ukraine
Authorities ignored complaints about the farmers and refrained from intervening for three years, according to the report.
By JTA
An old Jewish headstone in a cemetery
November 11, 2020, 8:16 am
Headstones smashed at Jewish cemetery in Ukraine
Vandalism was discovered by a Ukrainian Jew who has helped raise donations for renovating the cemetery.
By JTA
Jewish pilgrims at the Tomb of Nachman of Breslov in Uman (Wikipedia/Author Nahoumsabban/ Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
September 14, 2020, 4:03 pm
Ukraine deports two Israelis for knocking down social distancing barriers
Two individuals were seen breaking down barriers set up at a structure that also houses the gravesite of Rabbi Nachman in Uman
By JTA
Volodymyr Zelensky, elected president of Ukraine in in 2019 (Credot: Kvartal95 official/ Wikipedia)
August 18, 2020, 12:18 pm
Ukraine set to make Pesach, Chanukah and Rosh Hashanah official holidays
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is Jewish, made the announcement in a phone call with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu
By Jewish News Reporter
Volodymyr Zelensky, elected president of Ukraine in in 2019 (Credot: Kvartal95 official/ Wikipedia)
July 24, 2020, 1:40 pm
Ukraine President Zelensky helps free hostages by plugging Joaquin Phoenix film
Ukraine’s first Jewish president helped free hostages by promoting a 15-year-old documentary about animal exploitation narrated by Joaquin Phoenix
By JTA
Ukrainian police car (Wikipedia/Author Qypchak/ (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
May 17, 2020, 12:00 pm
Ukraine police chief looking into officer’s request for list of Jews
Head of the National Police of Ukraine said: 'As soon as I learned of this information, I immediately ordered an official investigation'
By JTA
Screenshot taken from CCTV footage of the incident on anash.org
April 22, 2020, 12:04 pm
Firebombing damages Jewish centre in Ukraine
Chabad emissary in Kherson, Rabbi Yossi Wolff, said vandals set the front door of the building on fire, which was caught on CCTV footage
By JTA
Volodymyr Zelensky, elected president of Ukraine in in 2019 (Credot: Kvartal95 official/ Wikipedia)
January 22, 2020, 10:59 am
Ukraine’s Jewish president praises Israel in pre-visit interview
'The Jews managed to build a country, to elevate it, without anything except people and brains', the head of state said ahead of the World Holocaust Forum event
By Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA)
Anti-Semitic graffiti daubed onto a Jewish community centre in Odessa Ukraine (2017)
January 19, 2020, 11:15 am
Antisemitic incidents decreased by 27 percent in Ukraine in 2019
Jewish group documented 66 hateful incidents towards Jews compared to 90 the previous year
By JTA
January 3, 2020, 1:52 pm
Israel and Poland slam glorification of Nazi collaborators in Ukraine
Joint letter by Israeli and Polish envoys protest alleged glorification of Holocaust-era criminals
By JTA
Israel’s chief scientist, Dr Ami Appelbaum
November 15, 2019, 1:07 pm
Israelis visit Kiev for tech summit
Ukrainian Israeli Innovation Summit featured more than 70 companies and 600 participants as speakers discussed bilateral cooperation and using tech to solve modern problems
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara, together with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, attended a memorial ceremony at the monument at Babi Yar ,for the Ukrainian Jews who were murdered at Babi Yar during World War II.
August 20, 2019, 3:05 pm
Netanyahu mentions Nazi collaborators during Shoah speech in Ukraine
Prime minister's comments came during state visit, where he took part in a commemoration event at the former killing site of Babi Yar, alongside president Vlodymyr Zelensky
By JTA
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