Katherine Jacobsen
By Katherine Jacobsen
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News Kharkhiv Jews Stay Calm Amid Separatist Storm Elsewhere in Ukraine
In the basement of the Jewish Cultural Center, a small group of folks in their 20s and early 30s comes trickling in for the weekly Friday night Sabbath celebration. It’s fewer people than usual, about 15 participants, since many have gone out of town for the May Day holiday, but the members represent a wide…
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News Ukraine’s Unfinished Revolution Sparks Hope for Jews — Not Fear
A loudspeaker blares protest calls and a steady crowd buzzes in the background as a young Ukrainian Jewish girl talks into the camera, live from Kiev’s Independence Square. “I want to let you know that lots of people who study Hebrew together with me are going to Euromaidan after classes every single day,” she said,…
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