Beyond the pale

On the looming invasion of Ukraine, the Pale of Settlement, Jewish identity, and Colleyville.

This week Biden predicted that Russia will invade Ukraine, the latest move in a centuries-old chess game between Russia and the West. The fact that the name “Ukraine” is believed to come from the Slavic word for “borderland” belies that the status of the former Soviet republic has always been uncertain. The sovereign Ukrainian People’s Republic, formed …