7:55 EET; The Sun is Rising Over Kyiv on the 665th Day of the Full-Scale Invasion. Holiday 2023 Series: How Ukrainians throughout the nation celebrated Hanukkah. + Charities
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7:55 EET; The Sun is Rising Over Kyiv on the 665th Day of the Full-Scale Invasion. Holiday 2023 Series: How Ukrainians throughout the nation celebrated Hanukkah. + Charities
by duellingislands
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**Captions for those on mobile:**
1. The eldest member of Kyiv’s central synagogue community lights the menorah. She has sons who are on the front.
2. The 3m Victory menorah in Uzhhorod, attended by the Chief Rabbi of Uzhhorod and Transcarpathia, Menachem Mendel Wilhelm. Source: Uzhhorod City Council
3. Dazzling lights and snow at the ceremony in Uzhhorod. Source: Uzhhorod City Council
4. Uzhhorod menorah near the synagogue. Source: Uzhhorod City Council
5. Ceremonial lighting of the first Hanukkah candle in Dnipro in the gallery of the Menorah Cultural and Business Center. Source: Facebook
6. Lighting the menorah in Chernivtsi’s Theater Square. Source: Chernivtsi Society
7. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy lights a candle on the menorah, 2023. Source: Presidential Office of Ukraine
8. British Ambassador to Ukraine Martin Harris speaks during the menorah lighting ceremony in Independence Square, Kyiv. Source: Reuters
9. Mayor Klitschko speaks in Independence Square, Kyiv. See comments for his statement.
10. The Chief Rabbi of Kropyvnytskyi, Dan Zakuta, lights the community’s menorah. Source: Suspilne
11. British, German, Czech, Israeli and Polish ambassadors, as well as Ukrainian military personnel, attended the Hanukkah holiday in the Central Synagogue of Kyiv.
Not gonna lie, I think it’d be great if more Jews came to Ukraine. My reasons are purely selfish for this.
🇺🇦 !