Jewish-Ukrainian relations and the birth of a political nation : selected writings 2013-2023 /
Davidzon, Vladislav,
Jewish-Ukrainian relations and the birth of a political nation : selected writings 2013-2023 / Vladislav Davidzon; with a foreword by Bernard-Henri Lévy. - 248 pages : 21 cm - Ukrainian voices ; volume 25 . - Ukrainian voices (Stuttgart, Germany) ; 25. .
Acknowledgements -- Foreward -- Introduction -- The Jews of Ukraine from Baal Shem tov to Zelensky -- Revolutionary beginnings, historical debates, Vladimir Putin -- Putin defends Ukraine's Jews, slams Ukraine's Jewish oligarchs -- Putin to European Jews come to Mother Russia! -- Putin and the Jews? It's complicated -- Right-wing Ukrainian leader is (surprise) Jewish, and (real surprise) proud of it -- Ukrainians ask was their hero an anti-semite? and should his statue be removed? -- the legacy of Andrey Sheptytsky -- Andrey Sheptytsky, Kyiv, autumn 2014 -- The Vatican recognizes 'heroic virtue' of Andrey Sheptytsky -- Ronald Lauder awarded Andrey Sheptytsky medal by Ukrainian-Jewish organizations -- Profiles and personalities -- 91-year-old Yiddish rock star -- Death of the mobbed-up soviet Sinatra -- Swaggering gangster Mayor Kernes felled by COVID -- Gay, communist, Yiddish utopia a profile of artist Yevgeniy Fiks -- Jews, Israel take center stage in Ukraine's surreal presidential contest -- Jewish Ukraine fights fascist Russia -- The arc of history bends from Ukraine to Israel and back again -- The legacy of Babyn Yar -- Turning Babi Yar into Holocaust Disneyland (or the 'DAU' of Stalin opens in Paris) -- Turning Babyn Yar into Holocaust Disneyland -- Ukraine's 'Holocaust Disneyland' -- The Holocaust and historical memory a commemoration at Auschwitz turns into a geopolitical brawl over World War II -- The context of Loznitsa's "Babi Yar. context" -- Babyn Yar after the war -- On Putin and Babyn Yar -- The Jewish-Ukrainian gothic the new head of Ukraine's church council is a Brooklyn-born rabbi -- 3,000 Hasidic Cossacks congregate on the Ukrainian border -- Two Jews, a nazi, and a Russian meet in Ukraine's parliament
"This is a selection of essays and dispatches from a veteran observer of the development of Ukrainian culture and politics over the course of a decade. The volume deals with the issue of Ukrainian-Jewish relations and its historical legacy in the context of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. It charts the events that took place in Ukraine after the 2013-2014 Euromaidan Revolution and focuses on the place of Ukrainian Jewry within a quickly developing Ukrainian political nation." (from the publisher)
9783838215099 3838215095
European politics.
Jews--Social life and customs.--Ukraine
International relations.
Political science.
Juifs--Mœurs et coutumes.--Ukraine
Relations internationales.
international relations.
International relations.
Jews--Social life and customs.
Political science.
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Ukraine--Politics and government.
Ukraine--Social conditions.
Ukraine--Politique et gouvernement.
Ukraine--Conditions sociales.
Ukraine.
Essays.
Essays.
DK508.554 / .D38 2023
947.086/4
Jewish-Ukrainian relations and the birth of a political nation : selected writings 2013-2023 / Vladislav Davidzon; with a foreword by Bernard-Henri Lévy. - 248 pages : 21 cm - Ukrainian voices ; volume 25 . - Ukrainian voices (Stuttgart, Germany) ; 25. .
Acknowledgements -- Foreward -- Introduction -- The Jews of Ukraine from Baal Shem tov to Zelensky -- Revolutionary beginnings, historical debates, Vladimir Putin -- Putin defends Ukraine's Jews, slams Ukraine's Jewish oligarchs -- Putin to European Jews come to Mother Russia! -- Putin and the Jews? It's complicated -- Right-wing Ukrainian leader is (surprise) Jewish, and (real surprise) proud of it -- Ukrainians ask was their hero an anti-semite? and should his statue be removed? -- the legacy of Andrey Sheptytsky -- Andrey Sheptytsky, Kyiv, autumn 2014 -- The Vatican recognizes 'heroic virtue' of Andrey Sheptytsky -- Ronald Lauder awarded Andrey Sheptytsky medal by Ukrainian-Jewish organizations -- Profiles and personalities -- 91-year-old Yiddish rock star -- Death of the mobbed-up soviet Sinatra -- Swaggering gangster Mayor Kernes felled by COVID -- Gay, communist, Yiddish utopia a profile of artist Yevgeniy Fiks -- Jews, Israel take center stage in Ukraine's surreal presidential contest -- Jewish Ukraine fights fascist Russia -- The arc of history bends from Ukraine to Israel and back again -- The legacy of Babyn Yar -- Turning Babi Yar into Holocaust Disneyland (or the 'DAU' of Stalin opens in Paris) -- Turning Babyn Yar into Holocaust Disneyland -- Ukraine's 'Holocaust Disneyland' -- The Holocaust and historical memory a commemoration at Auschwitz turns into a geopolitical brawl over World War II -- The context of Loznitsa's "Babi Yar. context" -- Babyn Yar after the war -- On Putin and Babyn Yar -- The Jewish-Ukrainian gothic the new head of Ukraine's church council is a Brooklyn-born rabbi -- 3,000 Hasidic Cossacks congregate on the Ukrainian border -- Two Jews, a nazi, and a Russian meet in Ukraine's parliament
"This is a selection of essays and dispatches from a veteran observer of the development of Ukrainian culture and politics over the course of a decade. The volume deals with the issue of Ukrainian-Jewish relations and its historical legacy in the context of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. It charts the events that took place in Ukraine after the 2013-2014 Euromaidan Revolution and focuses on the place of Ukrainian Jewry within a quickly developing Ukrainian political nation." (from the publisher)
9783838215099 3838215095
European politics.
Jews--Social life and customs.--Ukraine
International relations.
Political science.
Juifs--Mœurs et coutumes.--Ukraine
Relations internationales.
international relations.
International relations.
Jews--Social life and customs.
Political science.
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Ukraine--Politics and government.
Ukraine--Social conditions.
Ukraine--Politique et gouvernement.
Ukraine--Conditions sociales.
Ukraine.
Essays.
Essays.
DK508.554 / .D38 2023
947.086/4