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Antisemitic Violence in Lviv, Ukraine


(July 31, 2008)

On Tuesday, July 29 at 15:00 a group of men broke into the office of the Jewish Youth program "Stars," according to UCSJ's local monitor Meylakh Sheykhet. The assailants broke windows. Mr. Gavrilin (manager and lecturer) and Ms. Kheifets were severely beaten with metal sticks. The hooligans were screaming antisemitic sljgans like: "Kikes leave Ukraine, Ukraine is ocuupied by Kikes" etc. The victims filed a report in the local police office.


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