Antisemitism in Ukraine
Lesson Brief
Kol Hazman
On December 21, Israeli media reported on a violent anti-Semitic attack in Ukraine against a local synagogue. Worshippers reported that thugs broke into the synagogue with tear gas and spray paint, and commenced to spray tear gas on the people inside. The men also through the head of a pig into the synagogue. In response to the incident, Israeli opposition chairman Yitzhak Herzog announced that he would demand answers from the Ukrainian prime minister on steps that the country will take to protect Jews.
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Click and Match
- (here) commemoration
- ציון
- inner hall, sanctuary
- היכל פנימי
- to spray, they sprayed
- להתיז , הִתִּיזוּ
- to protect Jews
- להגן על היהודים
- (here) to mingle
- להתערבב , מתערבב
- the holy place
- המקום הקדוש
- to act urgently
- לפעול בִּדְחִיפוּת
- to throw, they threw
- לזרוק , זָרְקוּ
- to increase security
- להגביר את האבטחה
- to escape
- להימלט , נמלט