From the Russian invasion of Ukraine – a new Jewish shetetl

2015/8/31 2:34:14

<Photo: Some Ukrainian refugees made Aliyah - but many more remain as the Ukrainian Jewish community mobilizes at a rapid pace to build a new Jewish 'camp' for homeless refugees.



By Hillel Fendel for Arutz Sheva, Aug 30, 2015

 

Anatevka is coming to life once again: a quickly-built neighborhood for thousands of Jewish refugees of the raging Ukrainian war.

 

The past 16 months of armed conflict between Russian-supported self-declared republics and the Ukrainian government has wrought havoc in the country. The warfare thus far has cost 6,200 casualties, and no fewer than 1.2 million homeless refugees.

 

The new Anatevka is being built outside Ukraine's capital city of Kyiv, as a private initiative of Ukraine's Jewish Community and its Rabbi, Moshe Asman. Construction work began only two months after the purchase, and continues at an unusually speedy pace. One hundred refugees will live there at first, including many orphans, and hundreds more will join them in the coming months.

 

Construction costs for the new camp are estimated to be hundreds of thousands of dollars, most of which will come from donations.

 

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