Volodomyr Zelensky: His Presidency in the Context of Ukrainian-Jewish History

A brief discussion of the election of Volodomyr Zelensky in the larger context of Ukrainian-Jewish history. Recorded on March 4, 2022 with hope for a speedy return to peace for Ukraine and its people.
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[@ckotty]

Useful and relevant comments, much appreciated. We wish him and his people the best. 👍🏽😘

[@bcfairlie1]

I have no religious leanings at all. I found what you say very very interesting and enlightening.. Long live Ukraine . Long live peacefully, all the people of Ukraine.

[@drgeorgek]

I’m not even Jewish and love these historical and cultural lectures. So authoritative, professionally delivered and concise. Thank you so much

[@mauricefederbusch5809]

Tony Thanks so much For the video terrific information Maurice When do you get your final papers of acceptance? Let me know See you soon Maurice Federbusch Your Buddy at HEART!

[@patriciasheldon6273]

Me too

[@zbyleq]

And i dont .

[@andymigi3731]

At least you're not a putinbot. 😅

[@lobell759]

I really like your videos. I’ve learned so much from ur videos. I really believe This President of the UKRAINE is not what appears and is actually a Puppet President .. for US ( Biolabs- how do they exists in Ukraine and the level of Corruption ( US in bed with UKRAINE) another Sadam Husssain…The United States Media is bought and paid for and We US CITIZENS haven’t seen real news in so long.. The Truth will eventually come out .. YHWH allows these People to

[@jimlingenfelter2667]

Thank-you very much for your beautiful talk! We are praying for peace in Ukraine and safety for the President Zelinsky and his family!

[@Pincopalin2143]

Dr Abramson, I was going to comment on my Czech ancestors who vanished in Belzec guarded by only 5 Germans. But you are right. This is not the right time… I pray for all innocent people

[@Pincopalin2143]

@Alexej Svirid I am sorry to say that Lord Jesus Christ was nowhere to be seen when a train with 3000 Jewish children aged 1-4 years came to Sobibor and the guards were not even bothered to killing them so they just dinged them in the hole and buried them alive. And in case anyone of those kids raised the head, they’d just smashed it with the shovel. Hallelujah!!!

[@suesmith3914]

Todah Rabah Dr. Abramson for sharing the info with online community May HaShem protect the country of Ukraine and especially the Jewish communities there Rosh Chodesh Tov and Shabbat Shalom

[@michaelbettinger3486]

I am Jewish and three of my four grandparents emigrated as children from Ukraine in the years before WWI. When they left it was the Austrian province of Galicia. They talked very little about what it was like before emigrating. So I thank you for filling me in on a huge gap in my family history. I watched your whole Jewish History Lab History Lab which filled in a big gap in my knowing of Jewish history. So much thanks. And I believe you said your ancestors are from Galicia, too. If so, it is likely we are cousins.

[@manolsen4868]

If Ukraine had 40% Jews as part population I wonder if Zelensk will ever allow this war

[@bjornfinkelburgensteinski4629]

What Ukraine there was no Ukraine before ww1

[@swyman10]

Me too, 3 of my grandparents were from Ukraine & one was from Poland, whose Tiffilin I wear daily! They were a Bar Mitzvah gift from my Bubba. I am 68 years now! I don’t know where the line is, but at some point there may be no choice but war…I cry for Ukraine 🇺🇦 ☮️

[@lorihutchinson7438]

@@manolsen4868 What do you mean?

[@judyswiderski2682]

@@bjornfinkelburgensteinski4629 Please tell Putin. He is believing he is 'chosen' to bring the Orthodox Catholic Church [not Roman] to greatness and Kiev is part of it. This was started by St. Vadimir in the 900's. Putin's mother had him baptized secretly. They say he still has his baptism necklace. So being chosen makes it much more serious than land grabbing. Found this info on several sites. One of them is from a Messianic preacher in Ukraine. Another is NTEB Prophecy News. They promote a man who i am not familiar with. Their info seems well documented. Blessings.

[@jamesmartin3599]

Thanks for providing this perspective. In a period of sound bites, it’s refreshing to have this thoughtful analysis.

[@steveclemons8191]

Dr. Abramson, I have been thoroughly enjoying your videos. As a Christian I feel a love and an almost brotherhood toward the Jews. Thank you for your contribution to our education. May God’s greatest blessings be poured upon you and your loved ones. Let us all be as big an influence for peace and mutual appreciation in this world as we can. Love

[@markrossow6303]

√. Agreed

[@johnrhodes3350]

@Orbán Viktor Mihály maybe that was an eye for an eye

[@orwellianyoutube8978]

If you say ''God'', are you refering to the triune god, Jesus or maybe even the holy spirit? Genuinely interested.

[@steveclemons8191]

@@orwellianyoutube8978 since you said that you are genuinely interested I will reply, but I will try to keep it brief. My original intent is to thank Dr Abramson for his devotion to us his students, and add to the promotion of mutual love and respect, not to RISK detracting from his youtube channel by filling this space with my religious views. To me, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are one. God is so infinitely unified that it is hard for us to understand. To single out one is to go against God’s nature. God has revealed so much about himself to us, but he didn’t reveal it all at once. Over time more and more was revealed to us in his holy word. To think that he has even come close to telling us everything about himself, I think is an overestimation of our understanding of him and our current ability to understand him. I look forward to a time when our relationship with Him will become more perfected than it is now in this mortal sphere. I truly believe that He has sooo much more that he wants to share with us after we become more able. I LOVE the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. If I understand correctly, all Jews are taught to do this as well. In this we can be brothers. God said He is one (echad) in Deuteronomy 6:4. I have been taught that this word can be translated as unity. It is the same word that is used in Genesis 2:24 when husband and wife are told to be one. God is perfect in this as He is in all other ways. I believe the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are so unified as to be spiritually a singularity. I believe that Jesus of Nazareth and all of the Holy prophets have tried to help us come to a better understanding of Almighty God and develop a closer relationship with him. By the way, many have claimed to be followers of Jesus, but have displayed that they were not really by their cruelty to others which includes unimaginable cruelty to Jewish people. As not all who are among the Jews are not true followers of God, not all who claim to be Christian are not actually followers of Jesus. As I said, I LOVE the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob with all my heart. I am under the impression that Jews are taught to do this as well. In this we are brothers (and sisters). I also believe that if we go forward with Faith in the God of Abraham, we will come to a closer relationship with him, and a better understanding of him, and be raised up to be with him. I hope to see you there (which means we are both there). May all the blessings that God has to offer be yours! I want to apologize for taking up so much space when my intent was to be brief. Sorry

[@steveclemons8191]

I am so sorry that my last reply was so long

[@junerudy3973]

Thank you for clarifying . As the child of a Holocaust survivor who was hidden by a Ukrainian Nationalist family, you’ve helped to clarify the complicated history of Ukraine and its Jews…

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Glad you found the video useful.

[@maocha5887]

@@HenryAbramsonPhD I am Asian a woman How Those Jewish childrens of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob Descendants go around The world.simeonites Half of Descendants were went to Edomes country too.

[@aleksandartodorovic7996]

Was this Ukrainian Nationalist family members of Azov? (As Zelenskiy is today?!)

[@shawngordon6626]

THE HOLY JEHOVAH GOD PUT UP AND PULL DOWN SWEETIE THE HOLY JEHOVAH GOD PUT HIM THERE FOR A TIME IS THIS THE JEWISH HOLY GOD ROAR FROM ZION ON PUTIN HIS HOLY NAME IS HOLY JEHOVAH GIBBOR 🕊✝️🙏🕎🇺🇦

[@junerudy3973]

Azov was established in 2014

[@truecynic1270]

Dr. Abramson, thank YOU SO MUCH for clarifying and explaining the relationship between the Ukrainian and Yiddish language. I LOVE the vocabulary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@oliveoyal]

This was so interesting, so informative, scholarly, humanly told, and timely. Thank you so much Professor Abramson

[@johnhoyle6390]

Idk how this came into my vid feed, but I'm glad it did. Even those of us who are not jewish can appreciate this discussion and Mr. Abramson does a compelling job. I'll have to look up more of his work.

[@oatmeal67robin7]

Thank you so much!!! I can't believe you spoke my heart, my mind! I am ukrainian. When you mentioned Sheptickiy, thet last name my mam mentioned, when she was talking about my grandpa. Then she said my grandpa did rescued Jewish people in his community, but she said she didn't know so much because he did this very secretly.

[@petercavens1879]

Dr H. Abramson, I follow your lectures for some time, and they're very lightning. (Must say...also like your jiddish jokes ... so twisted ...love them.) I'm very happy to hear your context of Pres Zelensky in the current Ukraine-Russian conflict. Shabbat Shalom.

[@BellaElla13]

Dr Abramson, thank you for the interesting lecture! President Zelenskyy and PM Shmyhal are both Jewish and are both very robust people and politicians along with one of the chief rabbis in Ukraine Moshe Reuven Azman all remain in Ukraine to serve their people and to fight off the enemy! I have studied the Holocaust in the past couple of years out of personal interest. It was a common theme that US and Israeli (Palestine at the time) Jews used to criticise the European Jews for not resisting, which was not always the case, for example the Byielski brothers. What we see now is the defiance and the determination of the 21st century Central European Jewry (geographically Ukraine is in Central Europe) leading the fierce fight of a nation for its survival. What more Jewish story than this one?! I am not religious, however started praying 🙏🏻 for Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ukraine few times a day! Glory be to Ukraine and its heroic people and president. there is no other such popular politic, democratically elected and much loved since day one of him being elected as a president (which I suspect cuts into put ins ego even deeper)💙🇺🇦💛💙💙🙏🏻

[@nikolaiemmanuelbowinkelman5384]

I hope that Roman Abramovich is yousing he's influence to save the life he's Jewish brother Wolodomir Selinskyj.

[@kristinag4170]

A strange, but very acceptable way of gaining notoriety on Zelensky's part. I'm glad to have learned this. An interesting point, but not my biggest takeaway. I was shocked at the statsitc of 95% of Ukrainian people welcoming Jews into their homes when asked. Incredible. In general, they're a tough but generous people.

[@lorimav]

Yes, complex with respect to the Catholic bishop, etc. but also complex with respect to Zelensky himself. I am not sure making extensive use of social media is a good reflection on him but I am also put off by the tolerance of neo-nazis in the Ukrainian military and also by a few of his videos from his comedian days where he is dancing in stiletto heels or pretending to play piano with his private parts.

[@vpad4438]

What? They let a crazy group of racist killers full of hate grow within them, and they started bio weaponry labs, and they tried to rig a nuclear power plant to blow up. Whatever?

[@ianwys9106]

ukra's during 2 nd war killed in all Death Camps beside Auschwitz about 4 M Jews

[@donaldseigel4101]

@@lorimav Most are not true Nazis, they are ultra-nationalists and allow Jews and Muslims into the Azov Battalion.

[@gamejew38]

Ultra-nationalists and Nazis are the same thing. There's no difference.

[@paulphelps7809]

An outstanding lecture with much vital information; thank you so much.

[@michaelbaughn2540]

Thank you for touching on such a sensitive matter . This is very complex which brings up lots of questions for the people of Gd

[@susanadiasjohnson457]

👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 FANTASTIC lesson. Your classes are WONDERFUL. Many thanks.

[@sassisch]

Simply wonderful-both informative and supportive! Thank you so much for all the great work you do, Professor Abramson!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

You are so welcome! Thank you for your kind words and thank you for being a public subscriber.

[@elzbietahadjali6547]

Thank you so much Dr Abramson for sharing your knowledge and great historical explanation...!!! Hopefully people will start to understand complexity of our East Europe history 🙏- definitely we always tried to defend ourselves from Russian- I'm talking as Polish !! Wishing and praying to Our Lord G- d 🙏 for Ukraine peace- shalom !! Blessings 🙌 to you 🙏 always 🙌 💖 🙏

[@constancesmall8243]

How intelligent, sensitive, insightful, thoughtful, and helpful your talk is. I know so much more now that I took the time to listen to you. You are a gift. Thank you so very much!!!

[@edwardfrankenhoff4548]

Thank you Dr. Abramson. Please, let us all pray for the safety of Volodomyr Zalensky, his wife, family and extended family, as well as for the Ukrainian People as a whole. We should also pray that the Lord will give the Russian soldiers the grace and courage to refrain from carrying out the evil orders that they are given.

[@imeerekosima6234]

Amen

[@julio-iz3sk]

Amen

[@gmw3083]

Zelensky is a puppet. All big-time politicians are. All the whirled is a stage, and we are merely its players. Each another's audience inside the gilded cage. If you believe the ridiculous clown show psyops being presented, you're obviously addicted to the bread and circuses of Babylon.

[@julio-iz3sk]

@@gmw3083 Zelle sky is not a big time politician, he’s a comic that happens to be in the right place in the right time. The west didn’t vote for him, the Ukranians did, that is democracy cause every Ukrainian, pro-russia or pro-west or pro-status quo voted. I wonder if you know what we in the west know as freedom?

[@gmw3083]

@@julio-iz3sk Few alive know what freedom is. Big government has been creeping and growing for decades. Government is slavery. Anarchy is freedom. It is inevitable. It will be a rocky road for everyone, and many won't finish the journey. All establishments and institutions are corrupt. All governments are captured. The planned glow ballistic collapse is underway. Yet to be blamed on CV, sanctions, climate change, trade wars, rumors of wars, and psyop wars. The war of attrition has begun. Prepare or don't. Your choice. If you uncritically trust any politician, official, or puppet, you're a fool.

[@Dovid2000]

Amen. You've done a great service to show us these things.

[@donovanwint1277]

Thank you so much Sir Henry for this so very important and helpful information on the life of this Ukranian leader, I now have a better understanding of the what and why he is doing, and how he is able to be holding the attention and respect of the Ukrainian people. Blessings.

[@thurmanwatson5954]

Thank you Dr. Abramson. Very informing your sincere dedication to history is appreciated, thoroughly enjoy your lectures.

[@jacobajayi98]

Thank you Don for sharing your research of Judeo-Ukrainian historical connections. May you be enriched as you enrich our knowledge, sir.

[@koerttijdens1234]

I remember a picture from houses in a shetl and 1 of the houses had the roof turned open. The explanation was that this way the sleeping people were closer to God. That was so touching.

[@collegesuccess]

9:42 min. mark. Very insightful. Thank you for discussing this vital point. 12:02 min. mark. Thanks, too, for the examples of Ukrainian Yiddish terms.

[@katharineamin6066]

Amazing information. Thanks so much for sharing this!

[@buenosnachos1374]

Professor, excellent lecture! Thank you. There is something that Westerners consistently miss when they label Zelensky a comedian. Despite being a wonderfully talented actor, he was not simply a comedian. He is a founder of Kvartal 95 Studio which became the largest and most successful Ukrainian media company. He was acting because that was something that he enjoyed, but in reality, he was running a multi-million dollar enterprise that employs hundreds of people. People were surprised at Zelensky's character because they imagined him as a comedian, whereas in Ukraine he is also known as an energetic entrepreneur and an extremely tough and demanding manager.

[@juniebee2445]

God bless Ukraine. Glory to Ukraine. Glory to the heroes.

[@radiak55]

22:54 Would love to know more about that story. History is a lot of nuanced summerised and its a very interesting topic to cover because things are far more complex that what meet the eye.

[@truthwins8147]

I am Nigerian Igbo. My dad before he died at the age of 94 was an ardent supporter of the Jews. I pray for the Jews to be successful and victorious in all their endeavours. AMEN. Zelensky is the ultimate inspiration in 2022 thus far. Victory for Ukraine !!!

[@nelo4real]

I am a Nigerian Igbo too and I love the Jewish people too 😊

[@alicesarnowski3006]

Zelensky led the battle of Ukrania, ukrania, ukrania and the Russians kept a tumbling down!!!

[@truthwins8147]

@יונתן זנטון Indeed, they were referred to as the Jews of Africa because of their work ethic, business acumen, republican nature and ambition. There are some Igbos who practice Judaism but most are Catholics to about 85% of the population. Circumcision is also part of the tradition for the male. 2-3 million Igbos died in the civil war of 1967 to 1970 when they tried to carve out their own country, separate from especially, the Islamic north. This culminated in a genocidal war. Today we are thriving in many ways and in diverse places. Not perfect, but we are hopeful. Thanks.

[@truthwins8147]

@@Actstwo38 Not to my knowlege, though there are Igbo groups that practice Judaism.

[@donaldseigel4101]

I have met many from Nigeria's south, very intelligent, hard working people, very proud to have you as allies!

[@rebbesoul]

Thank you for this informative presentation of Ukrainian Jewish history and how it relates to the current events in Ukraine. I too am an admirer of Volodomyr Zelensky.

[@abcabcboy]

Thank you very much for a highly informed lecture.

[@gfriedman99]

Thank you for making this complex subject more understandable. My father grew up in western ukraine and was a survivor of Stalin’s labor camps during the war. I believe he was in Novosibiersk. He told me most, if not all, his fellow laborers did not survive the camp. Despite this he had a great affection for Ukranians and Russians alike - which was difficult for me to understand because of his camp experience. But it was more of a love for the culture than the politics. Later in life he helped the Ukranian diplomats in New York find living quarters after they could no longer stay in the Russian diplomat residence after the Soviet fall. A lot of the history he explained to me was difficult to understand because he said he had Polish documents but lived in Belarus, white Russia, or Ukraine. It never made sense to me until I realized that the borders in that area were constantly shifting from the conflicts through the years. So while he was born in what was Poland at the time, the same territory was Ukraine at the time he spoke to me about it. He wanted me to visit Ukraine and his home town with him after it opened up in 1991 but we were never able to organize it before he passed in 1996. This is the greatest regret of my life. Anyway thank you for helping me with the history. I look forward to viewing the other videos you made on the subject.

[@teresalong3010]

Thought provoking... Thank you! I will be watching more of your podcasts.

[@tonycittadini8041]

Thank you. What a great presentation.

[@MagdalenaSarmiento]

Excellent presentation thank you. We are praying that GOD will intervene and give this country victory over the powers of darkness.

[@zsonohanz]

I'm enthralled. Your lectures are way more interesting than anything on Netflix. I'm 1/2 jewish on my father's side, but hey, no one is perfect, right? My father's family name is "Schneerson" and we have information placing the family in Surazh, Russia, in 1899 when my grandfather, Iosif Solomonovich Schneerson, was born. My grandfather Iosif was shot during Stalin's purges in Dec 1937 by the NKVD, and my father lived as the orphaned child of an enemy of the state until 1955 when my grandfather was posthumously pardoned ("reabilitated") along with countless others. I was wondering where else I might be able to research my "Schneerson" family tree going back even further in time. I understand the significance of the "Schneerson" family name among those in the Hassidic community because of the life of Menachem Mendel Schneerson, so I've been meaning to research my connection to the Schneersons who lived in Russia/Ukraine around the area of modern Surazh in the Bryansk Oblast. If someone can point me in the right direction, it would be much appreciated, but please bear in mind i cant read Hebrew (without google translate). This is the public information I was able to find about my family www.sakharov-center.ru/asfcd/martirolog/?t=page&id=17285

[@VV-go4bn]

Ancestry or 23AndMe if you would like to get links to European jewery- there is a company in UK dealing with the genetic testing- probably they have larger databse. Just check their description with regard to the database and kind services they provide.

[@alexanderboehmler6451]

Schneerson or Schneersohn (there seem to be branches of the family with both spellings) basically means "Shneur's son". The bearers of this surname I am aware of are descendants of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of the Hassidic community named Chabad. Menachem Mendel Schneerson was his descendant and last successor. Of course, in theory, the same surname could have been created independently from another Shneur. But in practice, the name is rare outside the Chabad group, so I would suppose you probably are a descendant of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi.

[@user-uz7dm6qn3y]

My grandfather was from Bryansk. He said it was in the White Forest of White Russia-Belarus. In the Soviet - Polish war of 1920 he was impressed into the Russian army and after having escaped and making it back home to Bryansk, the Poles came to town and impressed him into the Polish army from which he also escaped. Being AWOL from two opposing armies he made it to the USA via Hamburg in the summer of 1921, at the age of 17.

[@rachelzelunka9018]

Igor. We too are of the schneerson lineage... family changed name yo drutz upon entering Canada. Pls connect with me

[@MrDre6000]

“but hey, no one is perfect, right? “ …kind of a crazy statement don’t you think?

[@avalerie4467]

B'H your video came up in my feed. Thank you so much for a great video. So many questions. So much confusion. Praying for a quick and peaceful resolution to this war. May HaShem bless and protect those who fear and love Him and obey his Commandments.

[@manoa76]

Thank you Dr. Abramson for this very timely and informative lecture.

[@ataragrenadir2751]

Thank you Dean Abramson for an inspiring and educational account of the history of the Jews in the Uk and the life and heroism of V. Zelenskyy! You are a true scholar!

[@luisatalatala44]

Thank you Professor for giving us an insight into the life of the Ukrainian president and his ancestry, it's truly amazing how God has placed him in leadership in Ukraine.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Thank you! I am glad that you enjoyed the class.

[@luisatalatala44]

Indeed, as I was amazed by the realization that some Jews are still in Europe and all over the world and they hold prominent positions wherever they are and God is using them mightily.

[@viorica9153]

Oare Dumnezeu l- a pus la conducere ? ! ? Unii cred că dimpotrivă !

[@willtres8795]

I adore your talks, and love listening to you about the JEWISH history, and I love to read the people's coments, so interesting and invigorating. I am not Jewish, so I dont know where I get the love in my heart for the JEWISH people.May god bless you all the of your life🕊

[@FPproductionz]

Started getting your videos recommended after watching Sam Aronow's Jewish history. My great-grandparents emigrated from Kyiv in 1912 (I assume partially because of the Beilis trial), and I've been thinking a lot more recently about how so many people are being forced to flee now just like my ancestors did. Thanks for helping me connect with my ancestry and understand Jewish history more! I've donated to the Odessa Chabad and a group of people similar to myself with grandparents still in Ukraine. If you have any other, Jewish-oriented groups you'd recommend, please let us know!

[@divineantiwokegangster]

why nothing on donbass genocide jews live there too

[@donaldseigel4101]

My family also immigrated to the USA from Kiev (Kyiv) in the early 1900's. Praying for all those trapped in this war in Ukraine.

[@yko_7313]

@@divineantiwokegangster """"genocide"""=illegal separatist succession and practical land grab by Putin

[@Aaronisification]

Love your work, Dr Abramson!

[@lorenzley1324]

Dr. Abramson doesn't know the reality behind the scene or doesn't want to disclose it and therefore he is bragging about the PM of Ukraine. I love everything about being Jewish and Israel but I'll never compromise on the REAL TRUTH.

[@racheln2136]

Thank you very much for this perspective and education

[@katharinecampbell198]

Thank you so much Dr Abramson for your most interesting, nuanced and erudite presentation, placing Volodymyr Zelenskiy so skilfully in his context. Your use of language is beautiful.

[@nirak6122]

Thank you so much for this video, it’s a very clear explanation of Ukrainian history in view of the Jewish people.

[@PaulGruendlerBeau]

Your newest subscriber-for-life (Calvinistic Baptist) thanks you for your channel!

[@Biglake92]

Thank you professor for the brilliant explanation of Zelensky’s life and his amazing rise now!!It’s bashert!

[@myslicikrestan5538]

I love your style of speech and themes. Greetings from Czech Republic

[@KristinaTurnerAquarius]

My mom's family fought against the Nazis and Russians in the Resistance with Bratsky Vestnik and were from the Austro-Hungarian Empire in Czechoslovakia with a mixture of ancestry and religions. I still have cousins in Prague Czech Republic. Prayers for Ukraine 🇺🇦. I was in Germany in May 1992 during the Nazi riots and Siege of Sarajevo in the Yugoslavian Civil War when I was 16. My grandmother and aunt made chicken and dumplings and Czechoslovakian kolache with poppy seed filling. I think a lot of Jews converted to Catholic to escape like Madeline Albright's Czechoslovakian and Yugoslavian family. My grandfather was Baptist. The Catholic disowned my greatgrandmother for who she married and my family immigrated through Ellis Island to America.

[@ivasrensen5354]

Regards and lots of love from the Czech Republic ❤️

[@vpad4438]

They let a crazy group of racist killers full of hate grow within them, and they started bio weaponry labs, and they tried to rig a nuclear power plant to blow up. Whatever?

[@KristinaTurnerAquarius]

@@vpad4438 That was Russians that invaded Ukraine 🇺🇦 .How much is Putin paying you?

[@vpad4438]

@@KristinaTurnerAquarius They let a crazy group of racist killers full of hate grow within them, and they started bio weaponry labs, and they tried to rig a nuclear power plant to blow up. Whatever.

[@ThunderAppeal]

@@vpad4438 Its sick right? How many Jewish people are supporting 'ukraine' today. Ukrainians were nazi collaborators during WW2, I have no reason to beleive western media. The way the west is trying to twist history to rehabilitate the nazis is disgusting. Ukraine military has been firing on donbass for the last 8 years, this war with ukraine against Russia has been going on for the last 8 years. It didnt happen suddenly.

[@allisonhermann4973]

Thank you for this video! I have been hoping you would give a lecture linking the legacy of Ukrainian Jews and President Zelensky. You have exceeded my expectations (as usual)!

[@fredmac1000]

🙏As always,,, wonderful lecture,, wish you all the best,,🌷🙏

[@earthwater9964]

Tremendous scholarship. Bows to you, Sir. Thanks

[@mattperry903]

Very informative and so interesting to learn history, much appreciated

[@garykyle5750]

Wonderful information. Thank you.

[@youami77]

Very interesting socio-cultural-historial viewpoint on the country and its leader. Thank you.

[@yejideoladele9621]

Thanks for letting us know zelenski and family. We knew him by hearing a little of him here and there. We are always proud of his boldness and courage and believe God is with him So we are praying for his and his family's protection 🙏 😔

[@paweltrawicki2200]

Without mentioning names there is a person on KZbin who has a very large following who more or less claims that HaShem was more or less punishing Ukraine for its pass crimes against Jews. I am at a loss for words, but I love listening to your lectures because your lectures are based on scholarly research, and not based on out of control emotional rants not in anyways factual. Happy Pesach, God bless you.

[@eleanorwcarmany8922]

AMEN!!!

[@carolynstine3465]

I am an American Presbyterian/United Brethren/Catholic/Lutheran, and I am 1 percent Jewish through DNA testing. I totally support President Zelenskyy as a great leader. Ukraine also encouraged Blacks from African countries to attend their colleges. But I believe that we should all love each other and treat each other with respect.

[@sr2291]

1 percent could be a Jewish ancestor 6 to 8 generations ago.

[@sr2291]

@@manrodstrupe7312 Where did I mention Khazar? That is supposedly a myth anyway.

[@Petal4822]

Watch this video of the Ukrainian President Zelensky dancing. He is a joke and has a flat head. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmKUdXeclLtgjsk

[@jacqui8122]

Praying for Ukraine 😭and praying for president Zelensky May God almighty be with Him and protect him

[@stephaniekonigsberg2574]

As a child of holocaust survivors my View of Ukrainians as that they were horrifically anti semitic Thank you for this clarity

[@zoeherdman670]

Can you tell me who the minister who is recognised by Yad Vashem is please? I tried to note his name but nothing comes up. Many thanks.

[@barrett5540]

I truly appreciate your educational video Sir. Thank You very much. I learned SO much from you today! I will subscribe to your channel and look forward to learning more from You. I admire President Zelensky! What he stands for and how he has committed himself to remaining in Ukraine, is an undeniable and remarkable testimony of courage, fortitude, and passion for his own people! My respect for President Zelensky.✊ My respect for the Ukraine’s people.✊🇺🇦✊🇺🇦✊🇺🇦✊🇺🇦✊🇺🇦✊🇺🇦✊🇺🇦 My Love for All Jewish people from the beginning unto eternity. ❤️🇮🇱❤️🇮🇱❤️🇮🇱❤️🇮🇱❤️🇮🇱❤️🇮🇱❤️🇮🇱❤️🇮🇱✝️❤️🇮🇱✝️❤️🇮🇱✝️❤️🇮🇱✝️❤️🇮🇱✝️❤️🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱✝️ God’s Blessings be upon You All 🙏❤️🇺🇦❤️🙏❤️🇮🇱❤️🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸 🙏🙏🌏🌍🌎🙏🙏✝️❤️✝️🙋‍♀️

[@eberkovich]

My father had suffered persecution in the USSR in 1950s-1960s for trying to learn more about Judaism. We live in America now but we heartily support Ukraine, the beautiful land where we were born.

[@Star-lv1gk]

Do you also support Bandera?

[@eberkovich]

@@Star-lv1gk Ukraine is more then just bandera. To Ukraine Bandera is an independence fighter. Just like George Washington was for the United States. Does it mean Americans support slavery (George Washington was a slave owner)?

[@Star-lv1gk]

@@eberkovich Bandera was responsible for more than 40.000 deaths. He was an antisemite and a Nazi collaborator. The Nazis themselves said that he is a dirty criminal. What about the statue for Roman Shukhevych, who was involved in many massacres and was commander of Nachtigal, that killed 4000 Jews? What about Dmitry Paliev who created SS Galichina which was a Nazi Battalion that sided with Hitler? All this people got statues and are honored in Ukraine! This is why Ukraine has a whole Battalion that consists of Neo-Nazis - AZOV. And this is not the only battalion!

[@eberkovich]

@@Star-lv1gk You do realize that Bandera was arrested by the Germans on July 7th of 1941 and spent the whole war in German jails? You did know that, right? Now, tell me how someone be in German jails the whole war AND cause 40,000 deaths? Besides, while 51,000 Ukrainians served in German units, from 800,000 to 2,000,000 Russians served in German allied units. So, do not give me that. I suggest you educate yourself first.

[@eberkovich]

@@Star-lv1gk And, by the way, immediately upon assuming the position of commander of UPA Shukhevych issued an order banning participation in anti-Jewish activities. I am not saying that he was or wasn't an anti-Semite. Obviously, that is not the point. The point is UPA under Shukhavych did not engage in killing Jews.

[@leonstevens1382]

Excellent analysis! Highly informed!

[@mikefloyde8433]

Thank you professor for your time, my family came from Ukraine 150 years ago, very interesting to know more about our history mike from uk

[@AleksyGrabovski]

As a Ukrainian living in Poland, even for me it was hard to say "Glory to Ukraine" with full enthusiasm, because I know the long history of this phrase and that it can be ill interpreted by Poles, but now I've seen Mr. Abramson saying that phrase - I clearly have seen everything at this point. Thank you for giving a relevant historical context in English. There is nothing new here if you are Ukrainian and you know history, but your video is very important for the general English speaking population that may be confused by Russian propaganda.

[@paweltrawicki2200]

Well I am an American of Polish descent and I know that the Polish Pan screwed over everyone in the Western Part of Ukraine,and I don't believe in sanitizing History, because of People's sensibilities.I know this much that when the Polish Pan was doing the Hanky Panky with some Polka (girl,not the Polka) and the Jews (because of their administrative skills and because they were literate and the Peasantry was not) that it was the Jews(no pejorative intended were going to pay the price along with the Polish Pan.I am a 4th generation and I apologize from the bottom of my heart for all the harm that was done to the Jews and Polish Pan by Bohdan Khelmnytsky. Slabo Ukraina!!!!

[@meilengschwarzbek9421]

We ♡love Jewish people. GOD of Abraham is with President and Captain of Zelensky. We are praying for the peace of Ukraine, victory, triumph, success for President and Captain of Zelensky to overcome the current evil bombardment of the nation and population of Ukraine. Shalom.

[@mihailgae-draghici4864]

@Alexej Svirid Jehovah's witnesses Sect put their heads in the picture. Stop J's W Sect!

[@tapkorea8080]

Thank you, Professor Abramson, for providing this excellent and concise glimpse of President Zelensky’s life and family, as well as Ukrainian history.

[@CarloFulguerinas]

Sir Henry Abramson Sir, thank you very much !

[@GaliDub]

Thanks for your videos. I was born in Zitomir and I can say that the majority of Ukrainians I encountered were antisemits and as more ignorant they were so more antisemitic. Among the educated uks I met some discent people even shemofils but they were minority. About 200,000 Jews were killed in Ukraine during 1918-1921 pogroms, mostly bu local Ukrainians. This should not be forgotten!

[@marcedelstein4568]

Most of the comments here praise and pray for those antisemitic Ukrainians. May they be a kapara for all of us. May our Jewish brothers and sisters leave speedily and safely to Israel!!

[@marcedelstein4568]

to Israel!

[@marcedelstein4568]

All antisemitic murders. Hope they feel what my father felt when his mother and family were shot by their grandparents.

[@user-bo8nb2mi]

That's telling him

[@ginamostecka803]

Yes, you are absolutly right

[@anabelcastro-debattista2456]

Dr. Abrahson, thank you for this lecture. I am ignorant and this helps me be more learn, and understand. I cannot just love one kind of race, culture, religion ….. we are all human. God is with your people.

[@thesefifon]

Thank you very much for a realy enlighting lecture which explained the complexity in the Jewish and the Ukreanian peoples relationships. I intend to watch some of your other lectures in perticular the lectures on Ashkenazy Jewery.

[@stephaniekonigsberg2574]

This brings so much clarity .Thank you

[@jewishbusinessadvice6043]

It's amazing how Ukraine has such amazing Jewish president!

[@VV-go4bn]

There is nothing amazing about him , please do yourself a favor educate yourself about the situation there from multiple sources. Jerusalem Post would be a good source.

[@jamesr8584]

@Alexej Svirid Indeed, Putin needs Jesus.

[@VV-go4bn]

YOU CAN FIND A LOT ON ytb If you search "ukranian nationalists" kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3WqkJuNobuXl5Y To me it is surreal to see how Ukranian Jews coexist with Ukranian Natioanalists(and Nazies).

[@avimaltzman5673]

@@VV-go4bn how is it relevant to the fact that as we speak, a new shadow of nazism led by Putler, is exterminating the citizens of Ukraine? Mr Zelenski has demonstrated an INCREDIBLE courage by standing up to the historic challenge and while staying Kyiv, leading the resistance of citizens of Ukraine against the new Fascist monster. He and the Ukrainian citizens have become the Prometheus of the civilized world. Slava Ukraine. Death to traitors of civilized world, serving the new Putler’s Fascism!!!

[@avimaltzman5673]

@@deborahdean8867 irrelevant. Use the gray substance between your ears for what it is supposed to be used.

[@awfelia]

I believe that God is working something out here via President Zelensky in that all these happenings have united Europeans in an unbelievable way..regardless of anti-semitism! ♡

[@logicalconceptofficial]

How do we know that God isn’t working through Putin just as much? Those who hold power, like Russia and Putin or any other formidable nation, only do so THROUGH God/logic (god and logic are the same thing, it would be illogical by definition to say otherwise) and because they have an understanding of/with God. All you see as “evil” is an illusion. Nothing can possibly fight logic/god and succeed. All things must be logically reasoned in order to be logical (real and existing) and stable. The sovereignty of a nation like Ukraine cannot be an exception to the rule. I don’t mean to sound insensitive to anyones suffering but most people do not understand what is truly going on, and that the chaos must burn itself off in order to get to a more perfect order. All things are going to plan and people wouldn’t find it all nearly as traumatizing if they understood the simplest piece of logic in the world, that being that nothing is nothing (0=0) and that truth, as well as logos (consciousness) is eternal. Know this so you can know everything and the purpose of everyone, not just zelensky and the people on “our side”… Logic/god does not make mistakes, therefore nothing is wrong besides our view of reality. LOGIC is an ABCDE pattern just like TORAH, ANGEL, DEMON, RIGHT & WRONG and many more, but interestingly that pattern of 5 non-repeating letters is also found in PUTIN, BIDEN and TRUMP There is only ONE logic and one logos (consciousness aka the field of logical reasoning) at the end of the day and all fights are a fight with ourself. So, stop fighting, and stop fearing that you can or will be killed. Life does not die, just as white does not become black and light is never going to be darkness. I hope this helps some people break away from some of their fear and nihilism. This is not a belief but the only way things can work according to Logic/God and both the logical proofs I’ve done as well as what the Hebrew scripture largely describes. Order can be made and it’s better than chaos, so it is being made, it’s just a process that involves a lot of suffering, as that is inherent in living with chaos, and is the unavoidable cost of paradise (soundness and completeness of all existence and creation).

[@logicalconceptofficial]

Too many people claim to want to serve God, like it’s just gonna win them Gods favor and free shit if they sign up….that is naive and the opposite of service to the divine…that is self service, and unfortunately most “believers” (be a knower fuck belief….know logic and then trust in it…never blindly believe without reason…the scripture even says “know” god not “believe” in god if you read it carefully) are in that boat. Those who truly serve God are signing up for more than their naturally allotted share of suffering. The history of the Jewish people should make this clear.

[@logicalconceptofficial]

There is no free lunch and if Logic determined that in economics, why would it be any different as far as life and existence? We must pay. Order is not free.

[@zabotijanoz1207]

I am a God so I will fix zelenski to go to....

[@logicalconceptofficial]

@@zabotijanoz1207 There is only one God, and its not you my friend. Even if youre kidding thats the kind of thinking many people have had and do have. That was the mindset of many Egyptian Pharaohs that made them into servants of chaos and darkness rather than light and logic. God, or what Aristotle called the "unmoved mover" (and which he logically proved must exist. Kind of a no brainer really...) is a construct not a creation of the construct like you, me and the rest of Logos (consciousness)....it is the construct of logic itself...You disagree? Good luck thinking up a rebuttal without using logic and logos...You lost the debate as soon as you started replying.... What Aristotle should have recognized, and theres a possibility he did and his work was just lost or destroyed (chaos, like all things, likes to be itself and preserve itself), is that the "unmoved mover", especially if youre proving it exists with logic, must be the construct of logic itself. Boom argue with that you illogical demons, who want to make Gods unto yourselves but WILL NEVER BE GOD! Consider yourself lucky to be a beloved creation that is logical (exists) and will exist forever. That should be enough to praise this most sensible God and devote yourself to him and his ways.

[@theduchessofkitty4107]

Thank you for giving this lecture.

[@lubnaahmed1299]

Thank you, Appreciated for the knowledge. Best Regards.

[@corinnem.239]

My father was a historian. His grandfather arrived in the US from Berlin in 1881 as a baby. He always taught me that Jews are God's people. Those that treat Jews well will be blessed for it, and those who do evil to God's people will suffer defeat and sorrow. He cited the Israeli conflicts of the twentieth Century as examples. My two best friends growing up were jewish so I was interested to watch this and learned a lot. Thank you. President Zelensky is a very inspirational leader. I worry about his safety and pray for him and his family too. May God keep him safe.

[@sr2291]

People forget that the Sephardic Jews were tortured, imprisoned, and killed during the Spanish and Portuguese inquisitions too.

[@corinnem.239]

@@sr2291 No, people do NOT forget that jews were tortured and killed. The Spanish Inquisition was a period of Catholic Church history that is an example of what to repent for and NEVER be repeated. It was ungodly and totally unChristian. Catholics ARE taught the truth of the abuses and repent that horrible part of our Church history. Violence and torture cannot be used to convert a person's soul. The soul must freely choose its relationship expression with the God we all share. We can and should love our neighbor and respect our differences.

[@goldengun9970]

@@corinnem.239 LOL yet you can't reject your NT and that has the most disgusting hate in it still. Apparently I am the seed of Satan and responsible for killing God.

[@lynnemccarthy4064]

Enlightening, erudite, lucid. The section on the Catholic priest was most interesting, as well as the '1st Ukrainian Division'. It is all so complicated, but thank you for the explanation of this amazing part of history.

[@mattperry903]

This history lesson is so awesome at this sad time for the Ukrainian people, thanks much

[@bdadams2661]

Loved it! Shared with my besties.

[@mikedem755]

Very informative 👏

[@honeybeechanger]

You have made me understand why my parents grandparents my great-grandparents who emigrated to Argentina and my parents immigrated too or immigrated to the United States from originally Ukraine and Russia but even the Ukrainian Jews that I'm related to fervently held on to their Russian identity. I recently discovered that my mother's grandfather Solomon Morosoff was from Kherson Ukraine. My father's side of the family might be Ukrainian also because we have German or Austrian last name, derived from Wechsler but it's spelled apparently in Ukrainian spelling, Weksler. My entire life I thought we were Russian Jews but we're probably Ukrainian, I guess. Now I think I should probably check the immigration records of Argentina of Jews coming from that part of the world and see what the statistics are at least that might be a good way to go but I have to look at every single maiden name and last name and see if I can find the actual city names to know where they were from and when they were from there because the borders changed. When you explained though that Jewish people had the tendency to try to safeguard themselves by aligning themselves or assigning themselves the identity of the most powerful entity in the region it suddenly made sense why there was this ferocity of denial against Ukrainian identity. I also never understood why Polish Jews and Russian Jews didn't like each other. Now I guess it kind of makes sense because of all the wars and the water changing and it probably had to do more with politics than anything.

[@Sherbakova2009]

Term Ukrainian Jew never existed as until 1991 ukraine was part of Russia so the Jews were Russian jews technically.

[@exposedreport]

I'm from Belarus and I was raised Catholic and I bowing down to you Mr Abramson for your supportive point of view on this. Belarus stands with Ukraine.

[@patriciavenuto170]

Beautiful video. Thank you.

[@stank5857]

Thank you Mr. Abramson for such an enlightening on Pres. Zelensky. I must say that I stand behind him 100% - being Jewish does not stand in the way, he is a nationalist and a proud of Ukrainian. I enjoyed the history of Pres. Zelensky that you outlined, I'm Canadian Ukrainian, thank you

[@lorraineokie2054]

Thank you for this excellent understanding of Truth Ukraine Russia History And Jewish People GOD 🙏🌎CHOSEN EMERGED

[@laurastortoni-hager1510]

Thank you for your remarkable elucidation.

[@mandyzdad]

Remarkable and informative historical information which in a way humanize the Ukrainian people vis a vis their relationship to Jews. Thank you!

[@Peter-the-Egyptian]

When Voldemyr declared lat month “The Russians are targeting me” , I thought this is an overreaction but within days we discovered this is an underestimation. Russia is targeting this man because he is a rising nationalist star who loves Ukraine. ( I am not Jewish)

[@bladebunny91]

Thank you so much for this. My grandmother’s parents fled White Russia due to the pogroms following the rise of Bolshevism and so I have always had some ambivalence toward Eastern Europe. But this helps put some of that history in its proper context. And I have no doubt that helping Ukraine defeat Putinism is righteous.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Glad you found the video useful.

[@Rovtful]

Amazing content. BRAVO

[@jarosawmatkiewicz2095]

Execellent. Thank You Sir