Different factors has created a commemorative vacuum at the heart of Kyiv that is now being filled by private Russian money and some highly dubious, potentially deeply embarrassing ideas..

Any major private initiative in Babyn Yar must be under State supervision.

Babyn Yar must be a national project, designed by top Ukrainian scholars, consulting with major institutions outside the country, and discussed by the spiritual and intellectual elites in the country. It cannot be privatized by anyone.

An interactive plan for a Holocaust museum envisioned sorting visitors into victims, executioners and collaborators. Backlash ensued.

I have reviewed the PowerPoint presentation of a draft proposal of the Baby Yar Holocaust Memorial Centre in which the key role is played by the film-maker Ilya Krzhanovsky, who has been appointed its artistic director

In the beginning of March the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center was left without the head of the Scientific Council.

In March, as well as on the whole planet, Jewish community was affected by the epidemic of the COVID-19 virus.

Few Israelis are aware of the intense information battle being fought between Moscow and Kyiv over anti-Semitism and Israel. Some believe the Jewish state is on the wrong side.

After a busy January, February was not so rich in events in Jewish life on post-Soviet space.

The most important events of the month were related to the commemorative ceremonies dedicated to the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.