A Ukranian court sentenced a skinhead leader to four years in jail for his role in a 2002 attack on Kiev’s Central Synagogue. The defendant admitted that he and his friends had gathered rocks on the way to the synagogue, where they shattered several windows and beat three Jews, including the rabbi’s teen- aged son.
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