Ukraine Marks 85 Years Since Babi Yar Massacre at Memorial Ceremony
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Israeli Minister Ze’ev Elkin, ambassadors, Rabbanim and Jewish community representatives gathered at the Babi Yar memorial site for a ceremony marking 85 years since the massacre of Kyiv’s Jews during the Holocaust. Kyiv Chief Rabbi and Chabad Shliach Rabbi Yonatan Markowitz recited chapters of Tehillim in memory of the Kedoshim • Read More, Photos
A special ceremony marking 85 years since the massacre of Kyiv’s Jews was held at the Babi Yar memorial site, attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and distinguished public figures from Ukraine, Israel and around the world.
Participants included Israeli Minister Ze’ev Elkin, Israel’s Ambassador to Ukraine Roy Rosenblit, Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan, senior Ukrainian and German ministers and parliamentarians, ambassadors from various countries, representatives of Jewish communities, and Chabad Shluchim and Rabbanim from Kyiv, across Ukraine and abroad. They gathered to honor the memory of the Jews murdered at the site during the Holocaust.
During the ceremony, following the planting of a tree in memory of the victims, Kyiv Chief Rabbi and Chabad Shliach Rabbi Yonatan Markowitz recited chapters of Tehillim in memory the Kedoshim.
In his remarks, Rabbi Markowitz emphasized the importance of preserving the memory of those murdered and ensuring that Jewish life in Ukraine continues to thrive, specifically at a place where the Nazis sought to destroy Kyiv’s Jewish community.
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