19 Jewish Couples Marry in War-Torn Ukraine
The Jewish community of Dnepropetrovsk in eastern Ukraine held a group wedding for 19 Jewish couples.
From JTA:
Most of the couples that wed Sunday were already married under Ukrainian law but had not had a Jewish wedding ceremony, or Chuppah, the director of the Dnepropetrovsk Jewish community, Zelig Brez, told JTA.
“It is a huge event in the spiritual sense, and, I’m not afraid to say it – historic,” he said, adding that the ceremonies were the largest group wedding performed in his city – where 50,000 Jews live – since before the communist era.
Ten rabbis conducted the marriages on a terrace at the Menora Center, Dnepropetrovsk’s $100 million Jewish community center, which opened in 2012. The couples received special preparation by Rabbi Shmuel Kaminezki, the city’s chief rabbi and Chabad’s influential envoy to Ukraine, and his wife, Chana.
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yoel moshe
I didn’t know it costs $100 million 2 build a Jewish community center !! Not even satmar spends that much $$$ on 1 bldg. A lot of that $$$ could have gone 2 poor needy families in the holy land.
shlomo
holy land, that people stay under rockets, and you from safe NY will give pkudos how people should spend they money?
Anonymous
uuuuum wat dya think there doin with the comunity centre if not helping needy people.
and i know cuz i live there..