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The tribulations of Jewish life in the Pale of Settlement were immortalized in the writings of Yiddish authors such as humorist Sholem Aleichem, whose novel Tevye der Milkhiger (Yiddish: טבֿיה דער מילכיקער, Tevye the Milkman, in the form of the narration of Tevye from a fictional shtetl of Anatevka to the author) forms the basis ...
Katerina Pisetsky, Israel/Ukraine, rhythmic gymnast [13] Maxim Podoprigora, Ukrainian-born Austrian swimmer; Ian Rubin, Ukraine/Australia, Russia national rugby league team [14] Igor Rybak, Ukrainian-born USSR, Olympic weightlifting champion (lightweight) David Tyshler (1927–2014), Ukraine-born Soviet sabre fencer, Olympic bronze medalist
Antisemitism in Ukraine has been a historical issue in the country, particularly in the twentieth century. The history of the Jewish community of the region dates back to the era when ancient Greek colonies existed in it. A third of the Jews of Europe previously lived in Ukraine between 1791 and 1917, within the Pale of Settlement.
The Gwoździec Synagogue was a Jewish synagogue located in the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in what is now Hvizdets in Ukraine.Built in the mid-17th century, the synagogue endured severe damage during the First World War, and was destroyed by the Nazis in 1941. [2]
The Jewish Confederation of Ukraine is an association of national, regional, and local Ukrainian organizations that strengthen and support Jewish Ukrainian relations. It was formerly established in April 1999 at a meeting attended by representatives of 294 Jewish groups and organizations.
The Kremlin has struggled to explain why it was necessary to “de-Nazify” Ukraine, a country whose president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is Jewish. The latest effort to do so, a comparison of Zelensky ...
Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy was born to Jewish parents on 25 January 1978 in Kryvyi Rih, then in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. [29] [30] [31] His father, Oleksandr Zelenskyy, is a professor and computer scientist and the head of the Department of Cybernetics and Computing Hardware at the Kryvyi Rih State University of Economics and Technology; his mother, Rymma Zelenska, is a ...
Jewish ministers of Ukraine (4 P) Pages in category "Jewish Ukrainian politicians" The following 88 pages are in this category, out of 88 total.