Belarus -- Synagogue vandalized
[image error]File photo from Chabad.org
By Ruth Ellen Gruber
The synagogue in Babruysk in eastern Ukraine was vandalized twice in the past week.
The synagogue's secretary, Maya Savatseyeva, told RFE/RL that vandals smashed the synagogue's windows at about 2 a.m. on November 18. On November 11, a swastika and "Death to Jews!" was daubed on the fence surrounding the synagogue.
The town's Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Shaul Habobo said that the local government is providing security for the synagogue while the police continue to search for the perpetrators.
"Everything is pretty much repaired," he said. "Thank God, we have put this behind us."
The local Jewish community numbers about 50, mostly elderly, people.
By Ruth Ellen Gruber
The synagogue in Babruysk in eastern Ukraine was vandalized twice in the past week.
The synagogue's secretary, Maya Savatseyeva, told RFE/RL that vandals smashed the synagogue's windows at about 2 a.m. on November 18. On November 11, a swastika and "Death to Jews!" was daubed on the fence surrounding the synagogue.
The town's Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Shaul Habobo said that the local government is providing security for the synagogue while the police continue to search for the perpetrators.
"Everything is pretty much repaired," he said. "Thank God, we have put this behind us."
The local Jewish community numbers about 50, mostly elderly, people.
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