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Fleeing ‘place full of death,’ Jews from eastern Ukraine weep for homeland

On: July 21, 2014

By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA World News Service DNEPROPETROVSK, Ukraine (JTA) — Anatoly Lazaurenko’s face betrays no emotion as he watches footage of an old woman he used to know lying in the rubble of what once was his home in the war-torn city of Slavyansk. Oblivious to her mangled face,Continue Reading

Fliers call on Ukrainian Jews to register with pro-Russian separatists

By: Federation

On: April 17, 2014

In: The Jewish World

(JTA) — Pro-Russian separatists from Donetsk in eastern Ukraine denied any involvement in the circulation of fliers calling on Jews to register with separatists and pay special taxes. The fliers were distributed earlier this week in the city, where pro-Russian separatists led by Denis Pushilin this month took over severalContinue Reading