Ukraine President Zelensky: “It is very important that now millions of Jews around the world won’t be silent. Nazism is born in silence.”

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Zelensky to Jews of the world: Don’t remain silent right now
by John Kunza
March 3, 2022

In a speech Wednesday the Jewish president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, called upon the Jewish people to stand up for his country. In his speech Zelensky specifically called out deadly attacks by the Russians on two Jewish areas:  the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial and Uman, the spiritual birthplace of Hasidic Judaism. “Last night we were all bombed in Kyiv. And we all died again in Babyn Yar – from a missile attack … I am now addressing all the Jews of the world – can’t you see what is happening? Therefore, it is very important that now millions of Jews around the world won’t be silent. Nazism is born in silence. Therefore, shout about the killings of civilians. Shout about the killings of Ukrainians,” Zelensky said in a video address. READ MORE

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