Major Jewish event returns to Ukraine, bringing hope amid ongoing war

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"Nicole Tolkacheva, 52, has endured nearly two and a half years of war as her native Odesa gets pounded by Russian missiles.

“Every morning, the city checks who and what survived the night,” she said of Ukraine’s storied Black Sea port city. “In this life, you don’t know what’s safer: running to the shelter and risking your life on the way, or staying at home and risking being buried under the rubble.” ...
The May 24-26 event in Uzhhorod, a city of 115,000 near where the borders of Slovakia, Hungary and Ukraine meet, marked the first Limmud FSU event on Ukrainian soil since the war with Russia started in February 2022. Limmud FSU is a nonprofit, nondenominational cultural and educational organization designed to foster community and Jewish identity among Jews from the former Soviet Union. It holds events all over the world — including in North America, Europe, the Caucasus, Israel, and Australia. ...

The region of Ukraine in which the festival took place, Transcarpathia, has changed hands many times over the centuries. It was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until World War I, was considered Czech until World War II, and today is part of Ukraine.

“Transcarpathia is a peaceful and tolerant region,” said Uzhhorod Mayor Bohdan Andriiv. “We thank our defenders and protectors for the opportunity to gather here.” 

The deputy governor of Transcarpathia, Ivancho Vasil, also attended and addressed participants.  

Transcarpathia’s Holocaust history — when the Nazis deported nearly all the region’s 100,000 Jews to Auschwitz, where all but a few thousand of them died ..."

Major Jewish event returns to Ukraine, bringing hope amid ongoing war - Jewish Telegraphic Agency