Eastern Europe
It’s not the first time the request to the local Ukrainian community has been made; it’s also not the first time the statues have been marred.
Rabbi Nachman’s gravesite was similarly vandalized in 2016 with a pig’s head and splatters of blood.
Ukraine’s deputy health minister says a special directive allowing religious pilgrims to enter the country has been approved, subject to pandemic-related restrictions.
“Difficult chapters in Polish-Jewish history are discussed, including the Holocaust and the anti-Semitic campaign launched by the Communist authorities in March 1968,” said the POLIN museum.
“This is only one part of the story,” said Debra Brunner. “This memorial will honor a community that had lived and died, and who never saw the atrocities that took place in 1941-44.”
The Deputy Commander of the Paratroopers Brigade, Col. (Res.) Oran Bersano, tells about the deeply moving experience of taking part in a commemorative paratrooper expedition in Slovenia.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken highlighted the global challenges for democracy, the plight of political prisoners around the world and the importance of combating anti-Semitism in all of its forms.
Slovakia and Israel also signed a $180 million defense deal in January to purchase 17 radar systems produced by Israel Aerospace Industries.
The premiere of “Babi Yar. Context” comes just two months before the 80th anniversary of the massacre.
Ukrainian-born Inna Vernikov, who practices immigration and divorce law, says she was energized to run for New York City Council by distress over the state of the city and a belief in a two-party system that provides viable checks and choices.
Personal objects were also found, including a key and a broken comb.
It includes official documents, underground publications, statistics on those who died, firsthand testimonies, ration cards used in the ghetto, medical prescriptions, even candy wrappers.
