It is with pain and sadness that we have learned of the death of our friend and partner, a businessman and an active figure in the Moldavian Jewish community Anatoliy Leibovitch. He passed away in Israel, where he flew to participate in the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress General Assembly.

We would like to present our deepest condolences to his family and friends.

Anatoliy Leibovitch lived a rich life. He was born on March 26, 1959, in Chisinau. After finishing school in 1977, he and his family repatriated to Israel. He graduated from the IT department in the Haifa Technion. In 1982-1985 he served in the army, participated in the Lebanon War and the capture of Beirut.

In 1994, Anatoliy Leibovitch returned to Moldova to do business there. He became actively invoved with the Jewish community of Moldova in 2005.

He was a man of many interests. He worked in providing high-tech solutions, sailed as a hobby, and was a businessman. In his last years he lived in Chisinau, where he had been very successful in building a business. He imported foodstuffs and produced construction materials. Anatoliy Leibovitch had been most famous among restaurant-keepers, as he opened over ten restaurants that soon brought him fame and authority.

He had also actively participated in community buiding and charity. He had been a member of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress General Council, the Vice Chairman of the Jewish community of Moldova, a member of its Trustee Board, Chairman of the Darkhon Association of Jewish Businessmen in Moldova, and the Chairman of the Aid Foundation for WWII and Rigehteous Gentiles.

He had been a trustworthy partner, a faithful friend, a wonderful family man. He and his wife, Elina Kitaynik, had been raising a son named Daniel.

The loss is irreplaceable, and we grieve.

Tehi nafsho tzrura b'tzror hachaim.