To counteract Putin’s claims that the revolutionary movement in Ukraine is anti-Semitic, groups of Ukrainian Jews marched down the streets of Kiev and Odessa in support of Ukraine’s sovereignty. When passing by the Arab Cultural Center, the Jews yelled, “Allahu akbar!”
“And this is why, Mr. Putin, you will never defeat this country,” one Jew explained.
Thank you! This is a very good news portal. Do you know Russian?
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I can read Russian quite well, speaking it I have a thick American accent and make lots of declension errors. But, it is the only language I have in common with my wife and kids since they don’t speak English and I don’t speak Kyrgyz.
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Wow, that’s amazing. This is a very difficult language. Do you speak German?
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I can manage in German. But, since I use it in conversation so much less than Russian it isn’t as good. Reading it is fine since I use it for research.
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Good on them! I do wish that the Russians would get over themselves already.
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Got a link to an article on the marches, please?
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I know the story from people who were there at these marches and are writing abot them on Facebook. These protests in Ukraine traditionally have a very carnavalesque quality to them: everybody sings, dances, exchanges food, takes pictures. So the people who are there are very caught up in the process and are not doing any actual reporting.
The Russian protests are usually very serious, even somber. They are also surrounded by great creativity, but in a much graver way. Russians are very similar to Americans in that they have this apocalyptic bent that influences their political activism.
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Well ma’am, according to this vile creature the Jews in Ukraine ought to welcome Putin: http://www.debbieschlussel.com/69667/neo-nazi-ukrainian-protesters-fight-aint-ours-fought-for-chechen-muslims-incl-boston-tsarnaev-bros-mccain-calls-jew-hater-brave/
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