{"id":184780,"date":"2026-04-24T14:18:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/184780\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T14:18:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:18:28","slug":"ex-leader-of-belarus-jewish-community-dies","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/184780\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-leader of Belarus&#8217; Jewish community dies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1124\" height=\"749\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/chernizki-evr-objed-fb.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/chernizki-evr-objed-fb.jpg 1124w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/chernizki-evr-objed-fb-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/chernizki-evr-objed-fb-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/chernizki-evr-objed-fb-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/chernizki-evr-objed-fb-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1124px) 100vw, 1124px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April<\/strong><strong> 24, <\/strong><strong><em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><strong> <\/strong>U\u0142adzimir \u010carnicki, head of the Union of the Belarusian Jewish Associations and Communities from 2017 to 2021, has died at the age of 81.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is credited with strengthening the union\u2019s international position, directing work to commemorate Holocaust, preserve Jewish heritage, improve Jewish cemeteries and install memorial signs at massacre sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 1991, the union was led by architect Leanid Levin (1936-2014), a designer of the Chaty\u0144 memorial, until 2014. 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