Wednesday, June 08, 2022

Moscow's chief rabbi in exile after refusing to back Putin's war on Ukraine, relative says

There are protests in Russia against Putin the Terrible's war of aggression against the Ukraine, but they are too few it seems! This is just an example.

"... “Can finally share that my in-laws, Moscow Chief Rabbi @PinchasRabbi & Rebbetzin Dara Goldschmidt, have been put under pressure by authorities to publicly support the ‘special operation’ in Ukraine — and refused,” Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt tweeted on Tuesday. ...
Contacted by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Goldschmidt declined to comment or to answer questions about whether he believes that he will return to Russia, where he was reelected as the leader of the Moscow Choral Synagogue on Tuesday.

Goldschmidt has not been a vocal critic of the war, though Le Figaro reported that he was sufficiently concerned about it that he reached out to rabbis in neighboring Moldova in mid-February, days before Russia invaded Ukraine, to warn of a potential flood of refugees.

Other top rabbis in Russia, including the country’s chief rabbi, Berel Lazar, have stayed in the country even after criticizing the war. ..."

Moscow's chief rabbi in exile after refusing to back Putin's war on Ukraine, relative says - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

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