Rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman, in his office at the Brodsky Synagogue in central Kyiv. (Jim Geraghty/The Washington Post)
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KYIV — “Before the war, I was a quiet man,” Rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman tells me.
The leader of the Brodsky Synagogue in central Kyiv has emerged as Ukraine’s most high-profile and celebrated rabbi, earning praise for his regular humanitarian missions to the country’s east and south — dangerous areas where the fighting is intense.
