...was in fact a Chabad rabbi, and Chabad is -- absolutely disgustingly -- hand-in-glove with the Putin regime, using Putin's support and muscle in its attempt to assert control over Russian/ex-Soviet Jewish communities. Note that as soon as Yanukovych fled he backtracked, no doubt because he noticed that he was temporarily cut off from big daddy.

So one has to pay attention to where the alarms are coming from. If they're coming from Chabad, you're hearing Russian regime propaganda.

I am aware of the various alliances and your post exemplifies some of the propaganda that is occurring in regards to anti-Semitism.

ETA: We are being played as pawns by both sides, as well as the supporters (or at least non-detractors) of both sides. Ukraine does not have the best history with Jews as seen in the article. I am already seeing increased remarks about the Jews being behind the revolution, the ousting of the president, propagating Russian propaganda, and pitting each side against the other by playing the middle.

Because your original post made me pretty mad.

I'm Jewish, and I'm reasonably well-informed. I didn't say that "all is well" -- moreover, no Jew with my background (which is likely similar to yours) will ever assume that "all is well" for Jews in Ukraine. The whole part of the world gives me the creeps.

What I said was that the specific rabbi that your article cites, and whose inflammatory comment was widely quoted, is in fact a Chabadnik. In the ex-Soviet context, Chabad = Putin. It really is a shameful alliance, and one that's dangerous to all Jews in the region.

What is fact -- not propaganda -- is that Jews in Ukraine, the ones who are actually at risk, have generally been pro-Maidan. The Putin regime -- a Russian regime, and there's no f*cking reason on earth to think that a Russian regime cares about Jews -- is simultaneously telling the world that Maidan is entirely Nazi, while saying internally that Maidan is a Jewish (and gay!) conspiracy. Now that's propaganda.

There are some who don't respect our group, and I was being overprotective and curt. I apologize. I meant to change the title too. Ooops.

I agree with your fact about the Jews in Ukraine, with one small exception. Jews who are seen as supporting Russia are also at risk because the prevailing party will blame them as the "bad Jews," just as those supporting the revolution are "bad Jews" to the Russian propaganda machine.

You picked up on the "gay" conspiracy too?! LOL! I was just writing about that in another post. It seems some of the strangest people are now suddenly worried about gay civil liberties and anti-Semitism, when in the past they have a horrific record of homophobia (or not giving a shit) and anti-Semitism (or not giving a shit). I know Yahoo! is never a good example, but some of those people are easily tracked and seeing comments they have made on other articles show their concern is false, just as it in other forums, including DU. I don't limit it to comments either, I include many of the articles coming out on certain sites saying "won't somebody think of the Jews?!" and it strikes me as duplicitous and disingenuous.

Under the circumstances, I understand why you mistook my intention.

If there's anything good that comes out of the current situation, it's that observant people are getting a clear view of how the bad faith and maliciousness of the Right and the "anti-imperialist," "anti-Zionist" far Left track together, and in fact are practically indistinguishable. Both are suckholes of antisemitism, and I've seen how easily some supposed leftists have kissed off any concern for gay rights in Russia. The fact that anyone here still cites RT as respectable "alternative media" is mind-boggling.

Since when did they become best buds?

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his supporters in Russia and the West have accused the Ukrainian opposition that led the fight against the criminal Yanukovych regime and the democratic Ukrainian government that succeeded that regime of being fascist, neo-Nazi, and anti-Semitic.

The following quotations—by Putin and his most unremitting academic supporter in New York City on the one hand, and by three of Ukraine’s leading Jewish officials on the other—should settle the issue. Putin is beyond redemption, of course, but Professor Cohen may want to take account of the evidence and, like a good revisionist historian, revise his views.