Posts Tagged: Putin Jews
What Putin Said at the Holocaust Forum…
JNS.org - Predictably, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech to last week’s World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem raised hackles among the responsible guardians of Holocaust memory....
Why Is Keren Hayesod Honoring Vladimir Putin?
Keren Hayesod, known throughout the world as the United Israel Appeal, is a fundraising arm of the Zionist movement, established in 1920 to raise money...
Like Ukraine, Israel Must Confront Putin and His Evil Intentions
In his famous 1946 “Iron Curtain” speech in Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill said, “From what I have seen of our Russian friends ... I am...
Putin Plays With the Holocaust
JNS.org - Back in January, the unlikely figure of Paddington Bear -- the cuddly, bright-eyed cub much adored by young children down the years --...
The Mask Drops: Russia Reveals Itself as Israel’s Enemy
JNS.org - One year ago, Russia’s mask of non-hostility towards Israel was still in place, in the form of strategic coordination with Israel regarding the latter’s...
Putin’s Dictatorship — and Antisemitism
In an NBC interview aired on March 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that the 13 Russian nationals that the US indicted for election interference may not be ethnically...
Is Putin an Antisemite? It Really Doesn’t Matter
JNS.org - Among Sephardic Jews of my grandmother’s generation, there was a popular, if unproven, belief that Gen. Francisco Franco -- the military dictator who ruled Spain from...
Unfair to Call Putin an Antisemite
A very significant portion of my life has been devoted to personally combating Russian antisemitism. I experienced firsthand the extent of hatred against Jews which...
Putin Plays the Anti-Semitism Card in Ukraine Crisis
JNS.org - Back in 2004, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused his regional rival Viktor Yushchenko, who was then the pro-western president of Ukraine, of...
Who’s Afraid of Putin?
As I watched the Sochi Winter Olympics, I thought of how Putin's long shadow was cast, malevolently, over the construction, the management, and the security...
Ukrainian Jewish Leaders Criticize Russia’s Putin in Letter
JNS.org - Josef Zisels, chairman of the Association of Jewish Communities and Organizations of Ukraine (VAAD), and several other prominent Ukrainian Jews have written...
Human Rights, Corruption, and Security Among Jewish Concerns on Sochi Olympics
JNS.org - With the Winter Olympics gearing up for their Feb. 7 start in Sochi, Russia, the Jewish debate on the games mirrors the...
Jewish Groups Divided on Sochi Olympics and Human Rights
JNS.org - Jewish groups remain concerned with human rights violations by the Russian government as preparations for the Winter Olympic Games gear up in...
What Russia’s Mideast Rise Means for Israel
JNS.org - Fresh off brokering a deal to place Syrian chemical weapons under international control, Russia has reasserted itself as a Middle East power...
