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Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
The son of Moshe Azman, the leader of Kyiv’s Brodsky synagogue and one of several self-declared Ukrainian “chief rabbis,” has died in battle against the Russians.
“Tomorrow in the Central Synagogue there will be a farewell to my son Matityagi (Anton), who died at the front defending Ukraine,” Azman tweets.
In an earlier Facebook post, Azman shared that he had given Anton Samborski, whom he had adopted at the age of 11 in 2002, the Hebrew name Matityahu “in honor of the heroic leader of the Maccabees” — and stated that he had been officially listed as missing in action in late July.
Tomorrow in the Central Synagogue there will be a farewell to my son Matityagi (Anton), who died at the front defending Ukraine pic.twitter.com/b93bNAxPxj
— Chief Rabbi Of Ukraine Moshe Azman (@RabbiUkraine) September 11, 2024
