Servant of the People comes to Channel 4

Danielle Goldstein

March 10, 2022

Film & TV

Servant of the People comes to Channel 4

When Jewish comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyy co-wrote and starred in Servant of the People, a comedy series about a history teacher (Zelenskyy) who finds himself elected president, little did he know that life was to imitate art…

Danielle Goldstein

March 3, 2022

News

Thinking of JR's friends in Ukraine

Danielle Goldstein

March 3, 2022

News

Like so many in this country and across the world, I have been anxiously following the news about Ukraine, which is now updated hourly rather than daily. I have been trying to keep up with Jewish communities in Lviv and Kyiv, with whom our own Ark Synagogue in Northwood and…

Danielle Goldstein

July 4, 2019

Features, Opinion

The Ukrainian president's Jewish jokes

Danielle Goldstein

July 4, 2019

Features, Opinion

The final episode of the first season of the Ukrainian hit TV series, Servant of the People (Sluga Narodu), finds president Vasilii Holoborodko – a history-teacher-turned-president – at a live talk show. He is about to reveal his prime minister’s corrupt behaviour. Holoborodko, who frequently…