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Canadian parliament Speaker resigns after Nazi accidentally honoured

Anthony Rota said he 'deeply regretted' the decision to invite the Waffen SS member

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (C), shake hands with House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota during a ceremony on Parliament Hill on September 22, 2023 in Ottawa, Canada. (Photo by Dave Chan / AFP) (Photo by DAVE CHAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska listen as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Canada, on September 22, 2023. (Photo by Sean Kilpatrick / POOL / AFP) (Photo by SEAN KILPATRICK/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Justin Trudeau 'deeply embarrassed' after hosting Nazi in Canadian parliament

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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)

How Jewish is Volodymyr Zelensky?

By Tash Mosheim

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Putin claims Zelensky was put in office by the West to 'cover up glorification of Nazism'

Putin claims Zelensky was put in office by the West to 'cover up glorification of Nazism'

By Richard Percival

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KYIV, UKRAINE - AUGUST 24: A Ukrainian military serviceman salutes to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during an official ceremony to celebrate Ukrainian Independence Day on August 24, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. The visits from European leaders were meant as a show of solidarity with Ukraine 18 months after Russia's large-scale invasion of the country. Ukraine's Independence Day commemorates its break with the Soviet Union in 1991. (Photo by Alexey Furman/Getty Images)

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Zelensky: 'Just like Israelis, Ukrainians need to learn to live with conflict'

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Zelensky: No Israeli PMs have taken up my offer to visit Kyiv

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Zelensky: No Israeli PMs have taken up my offer to visit Kyiv

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky gestures as he addresses media after talks with African Presidents in Kyiv on June 16, 2023. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on June 16, 2023 called on Ukraine and Russia to de-escalate their conflict, as he arrived in the war-torn country on a mission to broker peace. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Zelensky says Putin is ‘the second king of antisemitism after Hitler’

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gestures as he speaks during a press conference in Kyiv on March 3, 2022. - Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the West on March 3, 2022, to increase military aid to Ukraine, saying Russia would advance on the rest of Europe otherwise. "If you do not have the power to close the skies, then give me planes!" Zelensky said at a press conference. "If we are no more then, God forbid, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia will be next," he said, adding: "Believe me." (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

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The Maccabee spirit lives on in Ukraine

Jews everywhere are proud of Volodymyr Zelensky's leadership

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Volodymyr Zelensky is the Jewish president Ukraine needed

In a country with a history of antisemitism, it is encouraging that his Judaism has not been an issue

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