Posted on 05/02/2022 4:23:43 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
Their son may be on TV every night, but the parents of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have consistently declined countless requests for interviews about their own lives.
The rabbi of their hometown of Kryvyi Rih in Ukraine’s east, however, is apparently much more eager to talk about the Zelenskyys, who are Jewish.
This week, Rabbi Liron Ederi, the Chabad-Lubavitch movement’s emissary in the city, spoke at length to an Orthodox newspaper in Israel about his ties with Oleksandr and Rymma Zelenskyy, whom the rabbi said have helped him promote at least two Jewish community causes with their son, the president.
The interview with the rabbi afforded a rare glimpse into the lives of Zelenskyy’s media-shy parents, amid the intense international interest in him. To many, Ukraine’s president is a hero — some Jews have called him a “modern Maccabee” — because of his transition into a wartime leader following Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion into Ukraine and the outbreak of hostilities that have left thousands dead.
The information in the interview has not been verified, and it is impossible to know whether Ederi’s account is accurate. Zelenskyy’s office, which is managing Ukraine’s response to a two-month-old war, did not reply to a request for comment.
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In other developments, I finished watching Servant of the People on Netflix. It was awesome, especially the ending. How it translated into an election and a win by Zelenskyy of the Servant of the People Party is a story I'd like to hear one day, but not tonight.
Figured his mother was a dancer, and his father a pianist.
Did his parents want him to marry a Christian chick and baptize his kids? LOL!
The article gives the impression that they are Ukrainian peasants. I’d like to see the shack they were living in.
Are Zelensky’s parents Chassidic (I think that is what members of Chabad are called). I love Chabad! I spent years looking for Hashem (Orthodox Jewish name for G-d), and finally found Him at Chabad.
Hashem is Hebrew for the Name.
Right. An actor that didn’t want to become famous.
Thank you for your post. Good night, good sir!
I most Europe, they banned Kosher meat, as an “animal torture”, despite protests of both Jews and farmers.
Not in Ukraine, maybe thanks for the influence of Pres. Zelenskyy.
Apparently that is due to the “corruption” committed by Zelenskyy.
I guess that’s all they have on him!
He wanted. They, apparently did not.
I suspect they”re regulars.
Well, then raising a flaming homosexual was a bad choice.
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