Around 200 Jews from the city of Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine celebrated the dedication of a new Torah scroll last weekend. Until the start of the war with Russia, Kryvyi Rih was home to around 650,000 people, including thousands of Jews. Professor Oleksandr Semenovych Zelenskyy, father of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, was part of the city's Jewish community until recently, when he left the city. President Zelensky himself was born in Kryvyi Rih, has visited the local synagogue a few times, and was in contact with members of the community. Despite the war, the city's Stern-Shulman synagogue held a...
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