Elder, the Ukrainian Cassacks were the worse for persecuting the Jews, they were the ones who joined the Nazis and who are currently persecuting them, 13 Jews have been killed in the Ukraine over the past 5 years in anti semitic attacks with more injured. That badge on the wall is one being used by the ultra right wing activists which is why I assume the comments were made underneath the video. I suspect it's actually a political video rather than just one of a girl with a sword. I suspect too that the makers and the activists aren't necessarily true Cossacks.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/ukraine.html
I'm not disputing any of that, Irene-the fact is, though, that the Zaporische Cossacks had Jewish members-some of whom converted to Christianity, and that Cossacks in general didn't give a fig about religion-the persecution of Jews didn't really begin for any of them until some time in the 18th or, in the case of the Ukrainian cossacks, 19th century. Some Ukrainians calling themselves "cossack" today likely have names that indicate their Jewish heritage.-Interesting tidbit:my great grandfather and his brother, the first Aaron Cuffee, bought seats on what would become the New York Commodities Exchange when it was founded as the New York Mercantile Exchange, in 1882. They were seafaring men, and-for the time-giants, at 6'10" or so. They couldn't trade at the exchange while at sea, and literally couldn't fit in the furniture provided, anyway-while most of the work was done standing, there were fixed "seats" with desks, and they were too big for them, so they hired a family to manage their trade-the
Yudins were Ukrainian Jews from a Cossack family, and
their great-grandchildren still trade on the COMEX-now, GLOBEX, for my family's trust.
Only on a computer-they can use any damn kind of chair they want....:lol:
Here's the first Aaron Cuffee:
and here's my great grandfather, Nathan:
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I'll see if I have any Yudin (literally, "
Jew", Jude, or Judea as a patrynomic) family photos to post.
I said "interestingly," what I should have said was, "
ironically."
}, I was driven to wonder if this is just 'baton twirling' dressed up in period-like costume or whether there is some serious Cossack blade-work behind the dance?
