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Article on Zelensky's Jewish background: How Zelensky gave the world a Jewish hero (Original Post) JudyM Feb 2022 OP
OK Israel, now dispatch Mossad. Sneederbunk Feb 2022 #1
Huh? Behind the Aegis Feb 2022 #2
Some spell it Zelenskyy. More question everything Feb 2022 #3

question everything

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3. Some spell it Zelenskyy. More
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 06:54 PM
Feb 2022

In spite of Ukraine's dark history of antisemitism, reaching back centuries to Cossack pogroms and the collaboration of some anti-Soviet nationalists with Nazi genocide during World War II, Ukraine after Zelenskyy's election in 2019 became the only country outside of Israel with both a president and prime minister who were Jewish. (Zelenskyy's grandfather fought in the Soviet Army against the Nazis, while other family died in the Holocaust.)

https://www.goskagit.com/news/world/zelenskyys-unlikely-journey-from-comedy-to-ukrainian-hero/article_d533fb9b-a60b-593b-b229-7f69de06e710.html

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