The history of the Jews in Ukraine dates back over a thousand years; Jewish communities have existed in the modern territory of Ukraine from the time of the Kievan Rus'. Important Jewish religious and
17th-century wooden synagogue in Gwozdziec (now Hvizdets, Ukraine), which was lost during WW2
Lithuanian Statute of 1529, which provided guarantees of rights for Jews
Cossack Mamay and the Haidamaka hang a Jew by his heels. Ukrainian folk art, 19th century
Grave of Baal Shem Tov in Medzhybizh
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who has served as the sixth president of Ukraine since 2019. He took office five years after the start of the Russo-
History of the Jews in Ukraine
…Antisemitism, including violent attacks on Jews, was still a problem in Ukraine in 2012, according to UN report. The country's current president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is Jewish. In modern Ukrainian language the accepted term for Jews is євреї (yevreyi), but other terms to denote the community have also been used…
Official portrait, 2022
Official portrait, 2019
Zelenskyy in Prague in 2009
Zelenskyy (left) and Yevhen Koshovyi (right) co-hosting the opening portion of Teletriumph 2011, the national television awards of Ukraine. Kvartal 95 wrote the script and hosted the 2011 ceremony.