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After a year of war, 'the most meaningful place to be Jewish is Ukraine'

If you’re Jewish, you’re living proof that Putin is lying, says 24-year-old 'Tanya'

By John Sweeney

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Ukainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stands in the town of Bucha, northwest of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, on April 4, 2022. - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 3, 2022 the Russian leadership was responsible for civilian killings in Bucha, outside Kyiv, where bodies were found lying in the street after the town was retaken by the Ukrainian army. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)
In the shadow of Babyn Yar, Ukraine’s Jews return home

In the shadow of Babyn Yar, Ukraine’s Jews return home

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BUCHA, UKRAINE - APRIL 04: (EDITORS NOTE: Image contains graphic content.) Bodies are seen inside a mass grave by a church on April 4, 2022 in Bucha, Ukraine. The Ukrainian government has accused Russian forces of committing a "deliberate massacre" as they occupied and eventually retreated from Bucha, 25km northwest of Kyiv. Dozens of bodies have been found in the days since Ukrainian forces regained control of the town. (Photo by Alexey Furman/Getty Images)

The corpses and mass graves in Bucha tells the world the case against Putin at his Nuremberg will be overwhelming

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Putin’s death cult may not know it but they’ve lost already, the rabbi told me

Putin’s death cult may not know it but they’ve lost already, the rabbi told me

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IRPIN, UKRAINE - MARCH 04: A woman cries after not being able to board an evacuation train that departed carrying women and children that fled fighting in Bucha and Irpin from Irpin City to Kyiv that was scheduled after heavy fighting overnight forced many to leave their homes on March 04, 2022 in Irpin, Ukraine. Russia continues its assault on Ukraine's major cities, including the capital Kyiv, a week after launching a large-scale invasion of the country. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)