Time to cement the alliance once and for all and to finally see who the
real enemy is!
PI
On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 7:15 PM, Francine Ponomarenko <
[email protected]> wrote:
> BRAVO! Nationalism is loving one's own people. Bravo. I am sick of this
> word being equated with nazism. Bravo to this wonderful Rabbi, who has put
> it this way. And it is this which Putin doesn't want. He wants malorossia,
> and is now very vengeful because khokhly picked up their heads.
>
> On Wednesday, 12 March 2014, Michael Kulyk <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> http://uacrisis.org/chief-rabbi-of-kyiv-and-ukraine-there-is-no-ethnic-or-religious-hatred-in-ukraine/
>>
>> Chief Rabbi of Kyiv and Ukraine: There is no Ethnic or Religious Hatred
>> in Ukraine
>>
>> Kyiv, 12 March 2014 - There are no signs of anti-Semitism in Ukraine.
>> Regardless of their origin, Ukrainians are uniting to counter a common
>> threat, Moshe Reuven Azman, Chief Rabbi of Kyiv and Ukraine said during a
>> briefing at the Ukraine Crisis Media Center.
>>
>> 'We should draw a distinction between nationalism and Nazism. Nationalism
>> is loving one's own people, and Nazism is hating others. There is no
>> anti-Semitism in Ukraine', was Azman's comment to the Russian
>> propagandists' claims about the rampage of fascism, Nazism and
>> anti-Semitism in Ukraine.
>>
>> 'There were different people at Maidan representing different parties',
>> said Rabbi, 'Maidan Self-Defense provided security for the synagogue. We
>> were given walkie-talkies so we could communicate. In return, Israel
>> provided medical treatment to several Euromaidan activists who were
>> injured'.
>>
>> According to him, Ukrainian Jewish communities are under no threat. 'A
>> week ago, together with the head of the Ukrainian Jewish Congress Vadim
>> Rabinovich, we made phone calls to all regional communities', explained
>> Azman, 'We talked to Rabbis. There has been no reports from any of them
>> about any antisemitic statements being made'.
>>
>> Moshe Reuven Azman is the envoy of the Lubavich Rabbi, holder of top
>> awards from the Urkainian Jewish Community and the United Jewish Community
>> of Ukraine. In 2005 Mr. Azman was elected Chief Rabbi of Ukraine.
>>
>>
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