‘Civic obligation’ to defend Ukraine, says hassid A member of the Dnirpro battalion – which is funded by Dnepropetrovsk’s Jewish regional governor, billionaire oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky – Cherkassky isn’t the only Jew to serve in his country’s armed forces. However, to the best of his knowledge, he is the only Orthodox one.... Cherkassky was wounded in the fierce fighting around the Donetsk airport, the only part of the city still in government hands, when a shell exploded above him and damaged his hearing. He subsequently took part in the retreat from Ilovaisk. He observes Judaism as best he can at the front, he said, but ended up fighting on Rosh Hashana and on many Shabbats. “It’s impossible to explain to the enemy that I cannot fight on Shabbat,” he said. Source: Jerusalem Post: jpost/International/Civic-obligation-to-defend-Ukraine-says-hassid-385013
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 14:14:09 +0000
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