Jewish Chef, Former Student At Chabad School, Killed in Action In Ukraine War
Tzvi-Hirsh (Grisha) Zurgazda, 32, a father of two and member of the Jewish community in Odessa, was killed in combat last Thursday on the front lines near Kherson. He is the third Jewish soldier to die in Ukraine’s war effort within the past two weeks.
Zurgazda served in the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ 34th Brigade, which is tasked with defending the country’s southern front, including coastal regions and river mouths that flow into the Black Sea.
A graduate of the Or Avner – Chabad Jewish school in Odessa, Zurgazda was deeply connected to the city’s Jewish community. A chef by profession, he had long dreamed of opening the first Michelin-starred kosher restaurant in Odessa. That dream was put on hold by the war.
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