Nizhyn, Ukraine – Preservation Project of Jewish Cemetery Completed

Nizhyn, Ukraine – Philanthropist Mouli Cohen and his wife Stacy Cohen have provided funding for and important Jewish cemetery in Nizhyn.

The city of Nizhyn located in northern Ukraine was once a major center of Hasidic Judaism. Today, Jews who visit the Ukraine come to Nizhyn on a regular basis to see the local Jewish cemetery and to pray at the site of the tomb of the the Hasidic master, the second Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Dovber Schneuri who was buried in Nizhyn in 1827.

With the Cohen’s assistance, the facilities and services received an extensive upgrade allowing the Jewish cemetery of Nizhyn to have guest services for the first time.

Until recently electricity was not available at the site and the access was extremely limited, especially during the winter months.

The newly refurbished site has been heralded by visitors. “During the winter, it was impossible to stand there for more than a few minutes”, says Mendel Weiss, a visitor from New York, “but now, thanks to the generous help of Mouli Cohen and his wife Stacy Cohen, we can spend hours at the site at any time of day or any season of the year”

“I feel very lucky to be involved in such a valuable project and I am looking forward to more opportunities related to the preservation of ancient and important sites in the future” says Mr. Mouli Cohen.

Nizhyn is a city located in the Chernihiv Oblast of northern Ukraine, along the Oster River, north-east of the nation’s capital, Kiev. The city of Nizhyn is one of the ancient cities of Ukraine.