Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich

All the lights are on at the Great Synagogue of Stockholm, Sweden on Nov. 9, 2020. (Ute Steyer)

European synagogues keep on their lights to mark 1938 Kristallnacht pogroms

“Leave the lights on to commemorate the ones that were extinguished,” the campaign’s organizers wrote to community leaders.

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Ukraine chief rabbi denies honoring alleged Nazi collaborators

Yaakov Dov Bleich said he had attended a commemoration event at a Jewish burial place for Holocaust victims nearby.

The grandson of Ukrainian strongman Stepan Bandera reckons with his family legacy of Nazi collaboration

Steve Bandera reaches out to Jews while defending his namesake’s role in World War II.

Participants in the March of Dignity gather in Kiev's Maidan Independence Square for ceremonies marking the first anniversary of the Maidan Revolution that led to the ouster of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovic, Feb. 22, 2015. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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Ukraine fiscal crisis leads to major setback for homegrown Jewish philanthropy

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Kiev Jews get $100K from European Jewish Congress for security needs

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Recruitment of alumni enables Ukrainian Jewish camp to stay open

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Ukrainian Jewish lawmaker Oleksandr Feldman menaced in Kiev

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Kiev Jews set up self-defense unit

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