The Two Narratives for the Jews of Ukraine
Some windows glow in a residential building left without heating and facing long power cuts after critical civil infrastructure was hit by recent Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv,…
Assessment
The meeting between a radical nationalist leader and Ukraine's chief rabbi exposes a deeper fracture: how Ukrainian Jews navigate wartime alliances with groups whose symbols carry antisemitic histories. Rabbi Asman's public denial of Bratstvo's Nazi ties suggests an effort to prevent internal division or external condemnation. The real question is whether such endorsements protect the community or risk legitimizing extremism.