More than half of Jewish communities have been evacuated from the cradle of Hasidism
A Hasidic Jewish refugee from Ukraine holds a menorah at a kosher shelter on the banks of Hungary's Lake Balaton as they celebrate the first day of Hanukkah in Balatonoszod, Hungary, on December 18 2022. REUTERS/MARTON MONUS
Saul Melamed, who first fled from Donetsk to Kyiv years before the Russian invasion, sang at the solemn candle lighting with families standing around as they celebrated their first Hanukkah away from their homeland. “I’m still hoping to go back to Ukraine, I can’t be as optimistic as to say that it will end till the next summer, it seems to be a long time story, but still my plans are to return.”
The camp provides shelter, kosher food, a synagogue, and a community to maintain Hasidic traditions and religious life. It accommodates people at a cost of $20-$30 per person per day which is financed by donations mainly from the US on the site of a former summer resort for communist leaders.
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