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Opinion | Zelenskyy is a Jewish hero. That doesn’t erase Ukraine’s complicated past

JL;DR SUMMARY Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has become a symbol of heroic resistance to the Russian invasion, while also drawing attention for his Jewish identity. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustUkraineJewish IdentityRighteous Among The NationsNazismRussiaStepan BanderaZelenskyyAzov Battalion

Places mentioned

Kyiv, Ukraine
"Foreign volunteer fighters of the Azov Battalion who are originally from Belarus attend a protest at the Ukrainian parliament on June 4, 2019 in Kiev, Ukraine."
New York City, New York, United States
"Lincoln Mitchell is a political analyst, pundit and writer based in New York City and San Francisco."
San Francisco, California, United States
"Lincoln Mitchell is a political analyst, pundit and writer based in New York City and San Francisco."
Israel
"Zelenskyys recent speech to the Israeli Knesset reflected this difficulty."

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