SHABBAT READING
Revising the Laws of Murder to Accommodate Blood Vengeance: Prof. Itamar Kislev, The Torah.com, July 28, 2022
1. The command to build cities of refuge (vv. 9–15);
2. A description of how to distinguish between murder and manslaughter (vv. 16–23);
3. The operation of the city of refuge for the manslayer (vv. 24–29);
4. Miscellaneous rules and principles about murder trials and punishments (vv. 30- 34).
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LEARNING FROM HISTORY
The Ironies of History: The Ukraine Crisis Through the Lens of Jewish History: David Myers, Jewish Quarterly Review, Mar. 9, 2022 — In this JQR forum, four historians of Jewish Eastern Europe reflect on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
WATCH: “The Politics of Memory in Contemporary Ukraine and Antisemitism”: Professor Yaroslav Hrytsak, ISGAP, Apr. 21, 2016 — Professor Yaroslav Hrytsak Ukrainian Catholic University at Lviv, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, and Central European University in Budapest
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Nazi Symbols on Ukraine’s Front Lines Highlight Thorny Issues of History: Thomas Gibbons-Neff, NY Times, June 5, 2023
Why Can’t We Talk About Ukrainian Antisemitism?: Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS, June 7, 2023
An Open Letter to Lev Golinkin: Vladislav Davidzon, Tablet, July 11, 2023
What Has Happened to the Jews of Ukraine: Dovid Margolin, Mosaic Magazine, Jan. 7, 2020
FOR FURTHER REFERENCE:
How Free is Ukraine of Antisemitism?: Jon Emmanuel, Jerusalem Post, Jan. 13, 2022 — For Jews, Ukraine is historically linked to radical antisemitism. Bogdan Chmielniki killed more than 100,000 Jews in 1648.
Anti-Semitism in the Propaganda and Public Discourse in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus during the Russia-Ukraine War (February – August 2022) – ACTA: Leonid (Leon) Gershovich , Analysis of Current Trends in Antisemitism – ACTA, Mar. 10, 2023 — This paper explores and analyses aspects of Antisemitism and the Jewish theme in the Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian propaganda during the first seven months of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Antisemitism: Numbers Games Against the Backdrop of Russia’s War on Ukraine: Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, May 31, 2023 — On 31 May 2023 the US-based Anti-Defamation League (ADL) published a survey of antisemitic attitudes in Europe. The media instantly started pumping out headlines stating that the ADL survey paints Ukraine as being more antisemitic than Russia.
Ep. 54: What Israel Owes Ukraine, The Re-Education with Eli Lake, Apple podcasts, no date — In this episode, Eli examines the difference between what Israel’s leaders must do to survive and what Ukraine needs from the civilized world. He also talks with Harvard University emeritus professor of Yiddish literature, Ruth Wisse about her extraordinary essay in Commentary from May 2022 about the rise of Ukraine’s Jewish president. https://www.commentary.org/articles/ruth-wisse/zelensky-jewish-hero/
Explaining ‘Ukrainian Antisemitism’ and Holocaust Diplomacy: Yulia Abibok, Global Voices, Feb. 13, 2023 — To mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ choir released a YouTube video showing Ukrainian servicemen performing a Hebrew song at the site of one of the biggest Holocaust massacres in Europe, which has since been turned into a memorial site.