How Life in Kyiv Changed in an Instant: ‘I Feel Like I Am in a Dream’

Kyiv, Ukraine — At the Brodsky Choral Synagogue in the heart of Kyiv, men cheerfully belt out Hebrew songs in the cold, cheered on by a small crowd.

In the midst of a war-torn landscape, this is a rare moment of light. Houses of worship are almost all shuttered for ordinary services; instead they’ve been transformed into evacuation meeting points and shelters for the displaced and desperate.