A ceremony held Sunday memorialized the more than 100,000 Jews killed in the Babi Yar massacre.
Holocaust survivors, Ukrainian Jews, diplomats, and rescuers participated in a ceremony held near the Menorah monument marking the site, just outside of Kiev.
Zina Kalay-Kleitman, the Israeli ambassador to Ukraine; R’ Yaakov Dov Bleich, one of Ukraine’s Chief Rabbis; Felix Mindel, chief of Nativ in Ukraine and Moldova; and other Jewish leaders attended Sunday’s event. Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko and other Ukrainian officials marked the Babi Yar anniversary on Sept. 29 at a nearby monument to all the victims of Babi Yar.
(Source: EJP / JTA)
Oy, dee heyliger Reb Yankel Bleich.
As always a fargenigan to read about you!