A Jewish leader was appointed governor of one of Ukraine’s key industrial regions. Yevgeny Chervonenko, an aide to President Viktor Yuschenko and a former Cabinet member, was appointed Thursday as governor of the Zaporozhye region, which has one of the largest concentrations of industrial facilities in the country. Chervonenko, 46, is a vice-president of the United Jewish Community of Ukraine umbrella group, and a vice-president of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress. Chervonenko has never been shy about his Jewish heritage: As a Cabinet member, he was the first Jewish official in Ukraine to affix a mezuzah to his government office, and a few weeks ago he made headlines by announcing that he had recently undergone a ritual circumcision.
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