BERSHAD, Ukraine (JTA) — At first glance, this drab town 160 miles south of Kiev seems nearly identical to the settlements that dot the poverty-stricken district of Vinnitsa. Shrouded in a seemingly permanent cloud of smoke from wood fires — still the standard means of heating here — Bershad, population… Read more »
Preparing for Passover in Ukraine’s last shtetl
Bronia Feldman visits the synagogue of Bershad, March 9, 2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz)
