This article was published elsewhere before Rosh Hashana, but it was edited so drastically that I decided to post the original here to include the introductory information about the Soviet Jewry movement. With cooler weather and the holiday of Sukkot approaching (beginning on Sunday evening, October 9), the recipes are even more appropriate. Consider incorporating some Ukrainian Jewish dishes into your family celebration, in solidarity with Jews who are spending this Rosh Hashana in the middle of a war or worrying about their family who are.
The first mention of Jews in what is now Ukraine is more than 1,000 years ago. Like everywhere, there were periods of intense antisemitism. But Ukrainian Jews also experienced periods of acceptance and created a flourishing culture there. Rabbi Israel Ben Eliezer, commonly known as the Baal Shem Tov and founder of the Hasidic movement, was born and lived his entire life in Ukraine. In the period after WWI, Yiddish was declared a state language, along with Russian and Ukrainian. Yiddish even appeared on Ukrainian currency at that time!
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