Today in Jewish History – Tishrei 9

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Sponsored by Aish.com: In 1941, the Nazis carried out executions at Babi Yar, as thousands of Jews were buried in a ravine near the Ukrainian city of Kiev. The Nazis had instructed all 175,000 Jews of Kiev to report to the cemetery. Most thought they would be deported. Yet the Nazis killed the Jews in retaliation for a series of bombings against German installations (though a secret Russian agency was actually responsible). With the aid of Ukrainian citizens, 35,000 Jews were ordered to undress, beaten if they resisted, and then shot at the edge of the Babi Yar gorge. Many

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Ukrainians Recall Memories of the Holocaust

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From NY Sun: From the porch of her mud hut, Vera Filonok saw tens of thousands of Jews shot, thrown in a ravine, and set on fire. Many were still alive, and they writhed in the flames “like flies and worms.” The memories of what she saw in 1941 have seared her soul for six decades, but until recently, she had talked about it with no one except neighbors in her remote Ukrainian village. Then a soft-spoken French priest came to town. Father Patrick Desbois and his small team of investigators have spent six years canvassing the towns and villages

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65th anniversary of Sebastopol massacre marked in Ukraine

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Received by email.65th anniversary of Sebastopol massacre marked in Ukraine18 July 2007In the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Sebastopol, the 65th anniversary of the Nazi massacre of Jews during World War II has been commemorated. Holocaust survivors, local officials and Jews from Crimea marked the anniversary on Sunday in a ceremony near the city’s Holocaust memorial. More than 4,200 citizens of Sebastopol, mainly Jews, were killed in the 1942 massacre by the Nazis. At the ceremony, Jewish leaders noted with concern that the memorial had been vandalized several times over the last two years. Police detained a suspect in one

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Ukrainian MP slams sale of antisemitic publications

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Ukrainian Jewish lawmaker Alexander Feldman called on the authorities to stop the sale of antisemitic literature, such as the notorious tsarist-era forgery, “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” in the country’s parliament, the Russian Jewish web site Jewish.ru reported earlier this month. Feldman charged that the publications got into the parliament illegally, due to pressures exerted by “some lawmakers.” He said he would raise the issue at an upcoming parliamentary session and during a forthcoming visit to Ukraine of members of the European Parliament. Jewish.ru also cited Feldman’s listing antisemitic titles sold in the parliamentary bookstore, including publications by

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“This Sukkot we are afraid”

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Tensions are running high among members of the Jewish community in Prague on the eve of the Sukkot holiday, this following the publication of the report on a Muslim’s plot to kidnap dozens of Jews in Prague and hold them hostage before murdering them. Please pray for the Jews of Europe.

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