Meah Shearim native Rabbi Hillel Cohen is braving danger at the front lines and borders to rescue stranded Jews
Photos: Elchanan Kotler, AP Images, Personal archives
Artillery rumbled, drones flew overhead, and in the small towns west of besieged Kyiv, infantry fought at close range as an unusual ambulance set out for the front line a few days after Purim.
Inside was a Meah Shearim–born chassid in a Hatzalah jacket called Rabbi Hillel Cohen, along with Alexander Borisov, a businessman and Ukrainian army veteran turned volunteer driver.
As they left the roadblocks defending the capital behind them and headed into the thickly wooded countryside, the scenes they took in were apocalyptic.
Homes and supermarkets reduced to blackened hulks; the bridge at Irpin leveled; Hostomel Airport — scene of a savage battle between Russian paratroopers and Ukrainian forces — utterly destroyed.
Create a free account to keep reading.
