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Kyiv mayor lights Hanukkah candles
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Kyiv Mayor and former heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko (R) lights Hanukkah candle with Moshe Azman, Chief Rabbi of Kyiv's Brodsky Synagogue on December 25, 2024 (Courtesy Chief Rabbi Moshe Azman)
Kyiv mayor and former heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko lights Hanukkah candles in Ukraine’s capital with Moshe Azman, chief rabbi of Kyiv’s Brodsky Synagogue.
“This is a special moment when the light of the candle reminds us of the victory of good over evil, hope over despair, and unity over separation,” says Azman, whose son fell in combat against Russia earlier this year.
Klitschko’s paternal grandmother was Jewish, and he prominently displays a menorah, kiddush cup, sculpture of Jerusalem, hamsa, and Hebrew-Russian Bible on the shelf behind his desk. Members of the Jewish side of Klitschko’s family were killed during the Holocaust.
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