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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

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Far-right politician Artem Semenikhin was attacked last week while walking home in the Ukrainian city of Konotop. (Screenshot)
July 2, 2019, 8:35 pm
Anti-Semitic politician beaten in Ukraine
Former Konotop mayor Artem Semenikhin is known for his neo-Nazi views
By ToI Staff
Volodymyr Bazelyuk, head of the Vinnitsa branch of the Ukrainian nationalist party Svoboda ('Freedom'). (Facebook)
October 23, 2017, 1:53 pm
Ukrainian nationalist to Jews: ‘Get used to our rules’ or be punished
Freedom party branch head calls for minorities to be ‘put in their place’ amid dispute over statue of leader linked to pogroms
By Sue Surkes
Screen capture from video showing Ukrainian nationalists in Kiev during a New Years Day march in which they chanted 'Jews out' in German, January 1, 2017. (screen capture: YouTube/FEDERAL AGENCY NEWS)
January 3, 2017, 9:33 pm
Ukrainian marchers in Kiev chant ‘Jews out’
Demonstrators celebrate the birthday of WWII Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera, who fought against Soviet army
By JTA
Worshippers at the tomb of Rabbi Nachman in Uman, Ukraine (CC BY-SA Nahoumsabban, Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
September 9, 2015, 6:44 am
Ukrainian nationalists destroy Hasidic tent city at rabbi’s grave in Uman
Damage estimated at $500,000; police did not intervene
By JTA
Demonstrators march in support of Kremlin-backed plans for the Ukrainian province of Crimea to break away and merge with Russia, in Moscow, Saturday, March 15, 2014. A poster depicts photos of a WWII German prisoner of war and Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Atsenyuk, and says 'Your project is doomed, grandson' (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
March 16, 2014, 5:47 am
Will Ukraine’s real anti-Semite please stand up?
Jews in the country say Moscow is playing up, or even engineering, attacks against synagogues and Jews in order to foment unrest
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
'Death to Jews' is scrawled on the Ner Tamid synagogue in Simferopol, Crimea, in late February (courtesy)
March 5, 2014, 2:31 am
Ukrainian Jews split on support for Russian invasion
While some in Crimea feel safer with Kremlin-backed forces around, many Jews reject Putin’s anti-Semitism narrative
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Delta, the nom de guerre of the Jewish commander of a Ukrainian street-fighting unit, is pictured in Kiev earlier this month. (photo credit: 'Delta'/JTA)
February 28, 2014, 9:37 pm
Israeli militia commander fights to protect Kiev
Delta, a Ukrainian-born former IDF soldier, heads a force of 40 men and women, most of whom are not Jewish, against gov’t forces
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Worshippers at the tomb of Rabbi Nachman in Uman, Ukraine (CC BY-SA Nahoumsabban, Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
September 8, 2013, 9:48 am
Israeli cops sent home after Uman bar fight
One officer lightly injured in club confrontation during Ukraine pilgrimage; far-rightists plant cross at Jewish ritual site
By Gavriel Fiske
Ronald Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 23, 2013, 10:51 pm
Call for Ukrainian priests to stop glorifying Nazis
World Jewish Congress asks country’s Orthodox Church to halt tributes to Hitler’s army and its local collaborators
By JTA
Religious tensions in Uman, Ukraine, have risen following the desecration of a Jesus figure with Hebrew graffiti. The writing reads: 'To exact vengeance on the gentiles' (Alena Vovchenko via JTA)
August 17, 2013, 3:34 am
Crucifix defaced with Hebrew graffiti in Ukraine
Inflammatory message found on depiction of Jesus in Uman, the site of a mass annual pilgrimage by Hasidim
By JTA
June 28, 2013, 6:43 pm
US reportedly bans Ukrainian party leaders over anti-Semitism
A State Department report this month singled out country as a place of ‘concern’ for anti-Semitism
A Svoboda rally in Kiev in 2009. (Photo credit: Vasyl` Babych/Wikipedia)
April 27, 2013, 8:45 am
Ukraine’s Jews worry anti-Semitism back in vogue
Community concerned about rising xenophobia and racially motivated violence inspired by neo-Nazi-rooted party Svoboda
By Cnaan Liphshiz
April 12, 2013, 3:41 pm
Anti-Semitic slogans trigger violence at Ukraine rally
Members of the ultra-nationalist movement Svoboda detained for incitement
March 15, 2013, 10:05 am
Jewish Agency to hold Kiev meeting despite qualms
Area Jewish leaders say Ukrainian city not an appropriate venue for June gathering
Odessa-born actress Mila Kunis was aided by HIAS as a new immigrant in the US. (via Shutterstock)
December 19, 2012, 12:26 pm
Ukraine okays ‘zhyd’ slur for Jews
Right-wing parliamentarian was challenged for using the term to disparage actress Mila Kunis
By Stuart Winer
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