Andriy Sadovyi (Wikimedia Commons)
(JTA) — The mayor of the Ukrainian city of Lviv told participants at a Jewish learning conference that France has a bigger anti-Semitism problem than his country.
Mayor Andriy Sadovyi, who recently emerged as one of Ukraine’s most popular politicians, made the assertion Thursday in Lviv, at the opening of the city’s first Limmud FSU Jewish learning conference, which drew some 600 Jewish participants.
“There is a lot of talk of ant-Semitism in Ukraine,” Sadovyi told media at the event. “But the truth is, anti-Semitism is much more prevalent in places like France and Germany.”
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Source: JTA
