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About 50 youths attacked the central synagogue in Kiev, Ukraine, beating three people, hurling bottles and breaking windows. Among those injured in Saturday night’s attack was the head of Kiev’s yeshiva, Rabbi Tzvi Kaplan, who was knocked to the ground and beaten with stones.

April 15, 2002
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About 50 youths attacked the central synagogue in Kiev, Ukraine, beating three people, hurling bottles and breaking windows. Among those injured in Saturday night’s attack was the head of Kiev’s yeshiva, Rabbi Tzvi Kaplan, who was knocked to the ground and beaten with stones.

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