Eastern Europe
“For humanity, Babi Yar is a warning sign. For Jews, Babi Yar is an eternal imperative,” said the Israeli prime minister of the estimated 33,771 Jews were massacred in September 1941.
The Israeli prime minister and Ukrainian president agree to increase investment and expand cooperation on technology, education, agriculture, culture and sports.
The Israeli prime minister is scheduled to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, and take part in a memorial ceremony at Babi Yar.
“In this atmosphere of rising tension and incitement to more tension, [we do not] have the means to insure the safety of visitors, including Holocaust survivors and their families,” said Faina Kukliansky, chairwoman of the Lithuanian Jewish community.
Meanwhile, the Israeli prime minister is planning to travel to Kiev, where he is expected to meet with the country’s first Jewish president, Volodymyr Zelensky.
The U.S. president will partake in ceremonies in Warsaw; it will be his second visit to Poland since July 2017.
The passengers referred to a deteriorating economic situation and a prevalence of anti-Semitism as two factors motivating them to move.
The final tally in the Vilnius city council decision to change the name of Kazio Skirpos Street was 21-16.
A $28 million project refurbishing and documenting Jewish sepulchral heritage in Poland is prompting dialogue between the Polish and Jewish people.
“These are the discoveries that fascinate us most,” said the researchers. “It is the personal objects that provide a direct connection to people, to those who prayed here, that immediately ignites the imagination.”
“We, the mourning families, ask the government to rise above narrow political considerations and to add the terrorist organization Hezbollah to the indictment without delay,” said Kobi Price.
The Choral Synagogue was built in the mid-19th century for one of the biggest and most thriving Jewish communities of Galicia.
