As noted recently in the New York Times and elsewhere, the Jews of Ukraine have plenty of reason for concern. History has not been kind to the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe, from pogroms to the Holocaust, the memory of historical trauma is very much alive. But as Russia commences a war in Ukraine , history isn’t the only reason for Ukraine’s Jewish community to be afraid . A not-so-latent anti-semitism lies at the heart of Putin’s propaganda machine, and appeals to anti-semitic sentiments have been a central theme in the kultur politik advanced by both Russia and the Russian...