Volodymyr Zelensky
Volodymyr Zelensky pictured during a a welcoming ceremony in Kyiv, Nov. 26, 2022. (Philip Reynaers / Pool / Photonews via Getty Images)
December 8, 2022, 4:11 pm
Volodymyr Zelensky named Time’s ‘person of the year’
The Jewish president of Ukraine was honored for galvanizing “the world in a way we haven’t seen in decades."
By Caleb Guedes-Reed and Gabe Friedman
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky commemorates Holocaust victims at the at the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center in Kyiv, Ukraine in April 2021. (Courtesy of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center.)
March 3, 2022, 4:38 pm
Babyn Yar wasn’t bombed. But Ukraine’s Zelensky finds a useful tool to rally Jews to his cause.
Despite reports, the rocket that damaged the Kyiv TV tower did not in fact harm the Babyn Yar memorial, located in an adjacent area.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky holds a press conference on Russia's military operation in Ukraine, Feb. 25, 2022. (Presidency of Ukraine/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
February 27, 2022, 9:02 am
Volodymyr Zelensky was a Jewish comedian. Now the world’s eyes are on him.
Zelensky, the first Jewish president of Ukraine, has quickly become one of the most consequential and prominent Jewish world leaders in recent decades.
By Gabe Friedman
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