A historic synagogue in Odessa, Ukraine, was considerably broken by a Russian drone strike on August 4.
The Monday night strike ignited a big fireplace within the Nachlas Eliezer Synagogue in Odessa’s Peresyp district. Established in 1898, the synagogue served the native Jewish neighborhood till its closure underneath Soviet rule within the Nineteen Twenties. The constructing partial collapsed in 1992. No accidents associated to the drone strike have been reported.
“This sacred constructing, constructed on the finish of the nineteenth century, served as a spot of prayer, hope, and religious energy for the Jewish neighborhood of Odesa,” the chief rabbi of Ukraine Moshe Azman wrote in a publish on X, with photos of the ravaged construction.
In the identical publish, Azman says he spoke with the chief rabbi of Odesa Avraham Wolff who confirmed the ensuing injury, including, “We’re right here, and we’re staying right here — and we’ll proceed our work, it doesn’t matter what.”
That is the most recent in a string reported injury to symbols of Ukraine’s Jewish neighborhood, in accordance with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. It follows respective strikes on an condo constructing housing a rabbi and his household, and a automobile that one other rabbi was touring in together with his household.
Practically three-and-a-half years into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a lot of the nation bears wounds from air and floor assaults, with current calls for UNESCO to further protect heritage sites, together with the Odessa Literary Museum.
