Monthly Archives: September 2015

Ukraine: What’s the Role of Religion in Post-Maidan Milieu?


During a recent trip to Kiev, I was struck by mementos placed in and around Kiev’s Maidan square. The plaques featured individual photo portraits of fallen martyrs — the so-called “Heavenly Hundred” who had sacrificed their lives during violent protests against the unpopular government of Viktor Yanukovych. What particularly got […]

Ukraine, Politics of History and Jewish Identity: A Personal Story


To the extent that Western media focuses on Ukraine at all, it tends to focus primarily on Kyiv’s war with Russian-backed separatists in the east of the country. Yet dig a little deeper and it becomes clear that Ukraine confronts many other significant problems that are frequently neglected or overlooked. […]

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