Commentary: Ukraine, where some of history's worst attacks on Jews happened, now has a Jewish president
by David N. Myers, Los Angeles Times
Apr 23, 2019
2 minutes
With all the very real worries worldwide about the rise of anti-Semitism, the results of Ukraine's election this week provide a welcome counter-narrative. Ukrainians elected Volodymyr Zelensky, a television comedian of Jewish origin, as their next president. Ukraine's prime minister, Volodymyr Groysman, is also Jewish.
What's ironic about this turn of events is that, although Ukraine had one of the largest Jewish populations in Europe before World
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