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Odessa Inaugurates New Orphanage and Synagogue
January 22, 2012 10:00 PM
The Jewish community of Odessa had a lot to celebrate when, under the protection of a police guard and a parade route closed to traffic, it marked the concurrent dedications of a new synagogue, Torah scroll and orphanage.
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Alexander Persman, left, who spearheaded the project in memory of his father Shimon Persman, and Odessa regional administrator Nikolai Pondak unveiled the Chesed She’B’Chesed building, which houses a synagogue and orphanage. The building’s Hebrew name means “mercy within mercy.”