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Article: Preservation Project of Jewish Cemetery in Nizhyn, Ukraine Completed Thanks to Special Funding from Mouli Cohen.
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- July 15, 2009
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Nizhyn, Jul 15, 2009 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) -- Philanthropist Mouli Cohen (http://www.moulicohen.com) 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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dovber_Schneuri) who was buried in Nizhyn in 1827.
With the Cohen's assistance, the facilities and services received an extensive upgrade ...