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August 26, 2002

At first glance, there´s nothing inspiring about removing truckloads of debris from a synagogue courtyard. But for a group of college students who recently visited Ukraine, the work not only made them sweat; it fed them spiritually.

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In the last decade, Jewish life has reawakened in a dozen towns in Ukraine´s Crimean peninsula. Orthodox and Reform synagogues, social services for the elderly, a Jewish day school, summer camps and youth programs operate in the area.

When the cornerstone for a Jewish memorial and community center was laid at Babi Yar, few imagined that the project would generate such a heated dispute in the Ukrainian Jewish community.

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