Shabbat Among the Exiles
A Ukrainian Jewish refugee plays in Chisinau, Moldova, on March 13, 2022. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP via Getty Images)
Singing the liturgy with Jewish refugees in Moldova—'Our King, who redeems us from the hands of tyrants'—the words aren’t a memory, but a description.
After about the fifth day without showering, your skin starts to feel both too hot and too cold. A gray wool sweater only makes the problem worse. But a sweater it’ll have to be. Shabbat is coming to Kishinev, Moldova, and I don’t want the 70 or so Ukrainian refugees gathered at the Hotel Chisinau to be distracted by my wrinkled white shirt. For the fir…
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