A new facility to accommodate foreign Jewish pilgrims opened in Ukraine. The new complex that features a synagogue, a ritual bath and a hotel was inaugurated this week in the town of Belz in Western Ukraine. Belz, probably best known for its mention in the Yiddish song classic “Mein Shtetele Belz,” was once a thriving Jewish community that in the 19th century became the birthplace of the Belz Chasidic movement.
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