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Volodymyr Zelensky

SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
1/3/2023

Zelensky's Attire in Congress Wasn't Slovenly, it was Strategic

by Einav Rabinovitch-Fox

Zelensky, without military experience, has thread the needle between evoking patriotic fighting spirit and appropriating unearned military credibility with his much-discussed attire in Congress. His outfit is part of a long tradition of dress choices by world leaders.

SOURCE: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
3/22/2022

What Zelensky Gets Wrong about the Holocaust in Ukraine

by Jeffrey Veidlinger

The Ukrainian president has overreached in comparing the invasion of his country to the Holocaust in an appeal to Israeli leaders to take action against Russia, and invoked only the Ukrainians who resisted Nazi extermination of Jews.

SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
3/22/2022

Does Zelensky's Image Upend Stereotypes about Jewish Masculinity?

by Miriam Eve Mora

The emergence of Ukraine's Jewish president as an exemplar of wartime valor challenges longstanding stereotypes about Jewish men.