President of Ukraine Leonid Kochma has promised to return the synagogues and other community buildings that the Communist regime stole from the Jewish community to its rightful owners. Kochma made the promise to Lev Levayev, head of the Union of Jewish Communities in Russia and the CIS, and told him that he would work to help the Jewish communities and their school networks grow and thrive. Levayev has established a network of 25 Jewish schools throughout the Ukraine.