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In the land of the Trident: The Ukraine war and the Jewish community

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Published: 4 September 2017

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Jews, it appears, will be living under the “Tryzub” – the gold trident that forms Ukraine’s national symbol, for some time to come

In the land of the Trident: the Ukraine war and the Jews (Jonathan Spyer / Jpost)
Ukraine is filled with Jewish ghosts, its soil with Jewish blood. But there is Jewish life here too, life that has been impacted by the war (Sep 1)

Photo: A woman holds a poster against war at Kiev's Independence Square, in Ukraine, Thursday, March 6, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Efrem Lukatsky).
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