85 years since the tragedy of Babi Yar: Yad Vashem on September 29, 2026, will unite the memory of Israel, Ukraine, and immigrants from Ukraine

On Tuesday, September 29, 2026, a memorial event will be held at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem to mark the 85th anniversary of the mass killings at Babi Yar. According to Yad Vashem's own wording, it is dedicated to the memory of the Jewish community of Ukraine who perished during the Holocaust. On the official event page, the time is set at 12:00, gathering and light refreshments will begin at 12:15, and the main program will start at 13:00 in the Edmund J. Safra Lecture Hall.

Author: R.Verter

The event will be held in Hebrew. However, the organizers have specifically noted a detail significant for many immigrants from Ukraine and the former USSR in Israel: headphones with simultaneous translation will be provided to those who wish. This is not just a technical note at the end of the program — the audience for such memory in Israel has long been multilingual.

The program names the chairman of Yad Vashem Danny Dayan, Natan Sharansky — chairman of the Babi Yar Center Supervisory Board, Ukraine's ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk, and acting chairwoman of the Association of Immigrants from Ukraine in Israel Larisa Levkovskaya.

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