The Jewish community of Makeyevka, Ukraine, opened a guest house for Shabbat visitors from the surrounding region.
Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Eli Kramer, chief rabbi of the Eastern Ukraine town, and wife Hadassa Kramer spearheaded the project – which will welcome Shabbat guests free-of-charge and provide them with four kosher meals a day – in order to make it possible for Jewish people from the industrialized Donbass Region to celebrate Shabbat in accordance with Jewish law.
"Now it is possible for us to welcome dozens of guests," said Adasa Kramer. "In the future, we plan to move the facility to another building, where it will be possible to accommodate even more visitors."
The Jewish community of Makeyevka is a member of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine.
Thank you Thank you for the regular Chabad mails such the daily mitzva and parsha sheets which I find informative and enriching. Thanks too for the interesting and uplifting Jewish News. I was particularly interested today to hear of the small but significant Jewish revival in Ukraine. My maternal Booba was born in the Ukraine in a town called Sumbar in the 1870's. Do you by any chance know if there are still any Jews living there and if the old burial grounds are still in existence?