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Sep 21, 2023 · Volodymyr Zelensky, the heroic President of Ukraine, is often held up as an example of strong Jewish leadership, a rarity, especially in a part of the world where antisemitism is historically...
- Tash Mosheim
Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy (born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian politician and former actor who has been serving as the sixth president of Ukraine since 2019. Born to a Ukrainian Jewish family, Zelenskyy grew up as a native Russian speaker in Kryvyi Rih , a major city of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in central Ukraine.
- Servant of the People (2018–present)
- Mariinskyi Palace
- He had an “ordinary Soviet Jewish upbringing.” Zelensky told The Times of Israel in early 2020, on the eve of visiting Israel to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, that his family was typical of Soviet Jews in the 1980s when he was growing up.
- He grew up in what was once known as the “Pale of Settlement.” Like much of Ukraine, Zelensky’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih is located in the only region of the Russian Empire where Jews were permitted to live.
- As with most Ukrainian Jews, the Holocaust is part of his story. Zelensky has said that his great-grandfather and three of his grandfather’s brothers died as a result of the Nazi invasion of Ukrainian territory.
- He says being Jewish is a small part of his identity. Zelensky rarely discusses his Jewish identity publicly, and by all accounts it did not form a prominent part of his campaign, even for his detractors.
Feb 27, 2022 · How Zelensky Gave the World a Jewish Hero. As the Ukrainian president captivates the world with his bravery, he offers a reminder of the inroads Eastern and Central European Jews have made in...
- Gal Beckerman
- Philissa Cramer
- He had an “ordinary Soviet Jewish upbringing.” Zelensky told the Times of Israel in early 2020, on the eve of visiting Israel to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, that his family was typical of Soviet Jews in the 1980s when he was growing up.
- He grew up in what was once known as the “Pale of Settlement.” Like much of Ukraine, Zelensky’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih is located in the only region of the Russian Empire where Jews were permitted to live.
- As with most Ukrainian Jews, the Holocaust is part of his story. Zelensky has said that his great-grandfather and three of his grandfather’s brothers died as a result of the Nazi invasion of Ukrainian territory.
- He says being Jewish is a small part of his identity. Zelensky rarely discusses his Jewish identity publicly, and by all accounts it was not a prominent part of his campaign, even by his detractors.
Volodymyr Zelensky is a Jewish comedian who was elected the sixth president of Ukraine in April, 2019. Zelensky was born in 1978 into a Russian-speaking family in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih. Both his parents are Jewish: His father is a computer scientist and his mother an engineer.
Apr 24, 2019 · April 24, 2019. Leer en español. DNIPRO, Ukraine — When Volodymyr Zelensky, the Jewish comedian recently elected the president of Ukraine, announced that he was running, the chief rabbi for...
