Tag Archives: Kiev

75 years after Babi Yar, Ukraine still awaits appropriate memorial to 50,000 murdered Jews

Posted on March 26, 2016 by ArchitectGuy

TIMES OF ISRAEL Why one of the Holocaust’s worst massacres is marked only by charred menorah by Cnaan Lipshiz March 26, 2016 …Since 2001, numerous Jewish groups and tycoons have attempted but failed to win municipal support to upgrade a … Continue reading →

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Fleeing their country’s civil war, Ukrainian Jews head for Israel

Posted on December 27, 2014 by ArchitectGuy

WASHINGTON POST by Ruth Eglash December 25, 2014 Yulia, Kostiantyn and their daughter, Valerie, don’t look like a typical refugee family. All well dressed — even the Chihuahua, Micky, wearing a chic dog jacket — they might not seem out … Continue reading →

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