Posts Tagged: Babi Yar
Israel’s Eli Cohen Visits Sites of Mass Killings in Ukraine’s Bucha, Babi Yar
i24 News - Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Thursday visited Kyiv’s nearby town of Bucha, which became known for mass killings of civilians under...
Former Jewish Agency Head Sharansky Urges Creation of International Tribunal to Try Russian ‘Genocide’ in Ukraine
The former head of the Jewish Agency accused the Russian regime of prosecuting a "genocide" in Ukraine as he urged the creation of an international...
Doubling Down on Lavrov Comments, Russia Accuses Israel of Backing ‘Neo-Nazis’ in Ukraine
Diplomatic tensions between Israel and Russia deepened on Tuesday after the Russian foreign ministry accused Jerusalem of supporting "neo-Nazis" in Ukraine, as it doubled down...
Babyn Yar: Re-Burying the Holocaust With Bullets
Russian dissident poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko’s famous 1961 poem “Babiyy Yar” begins: “Over Babiyy Yar, there are no monuments.” Resulting in what can be fairly termed the...
Putin Tells Bennett in Call: Russia’s ‘Security Interests’ Key to Ending Conflict
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday spoke first with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and then Russian President Vladimir Putin, just days after the Israeli leader...
Human Rights Activist Sharansky Warns of ‘Efforts to Erase Memory of the Holocaust’ on 80th Anniversary of Babi Yar Massacre
Ukrainian born Israeli human rights activist Natan Sharansky warned of "rising efforts to erase memory of the Holocaust" as the world commemorated the 80th anniversary...
‘The Only House of Remembrance of the Holocaust by Bullets’: Synagogue Unveiled at Memorial to Babi Yar Massacre in Kiev
A new synagogue in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev honoring the tens of thousands of victims of the Babi Yar massacre was unveiled Thursday as...
Babi Yar Massacres Remembered in Ukrainian Capital of Kyiv, 79 Years Later
The president of the Ukraine, ministers of his government, the country’s chief rabbi and the head of a top global Jewish organization on Tuesday marked...
On State Visit, PM Netanyahu, Ukranian President Zelensky Honor Jewish Victims of Nazis at Babi Yar
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attended a memorial ceremony at Babi Yar, where thousands of Jews were massacred in 1941...
‘Ukraine Remains Blind Spot on Map of Holocaust Memorials’
A group of executives from the Babi Yar Holocaust Memorial Center (BYHMC) met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Thursday and briefed him about their...
Facebook Suspends Account of Ukrainian Jewish Leader After He Posts Details of Country’s Holocaust Collaboration
JNS.org -- A prominent Jewish figure in Kiev found his Facebook account suspended after his post detailing Ukrainian collaboration in the Holocaust was flagged as a violation...
Babi Yar Monument to Mass Execution of Jews in Ukraine Vandalized
On the eve of Rosh Hashanah this past Wednesday, a monument to one of the largest shooting massacres of Jews during World War II was vandalized...
