Thursday, September 08, 2022
Former Chief Rabbi of Moscow Urges Jews to Leave Russia
Russia's Jews should take the opportunity now to leave the country because of the rise of antisemitism and the possibility that they'll be trapped inside the country if the Iron Curtain should close again, Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, the former chief rabbi of Moscow, says in a new interview.
"I'm concerned about the future of the Jewish community in Russia, and I'm not the only one concerned," Goldschmidt told the German outlet DW News. "Tens of thousands of Jews have left the country since the beginning of the [Ukraine] invasion."
Goldschmidt, who had been the chief rabbi for more than 30 years, left Russia in March, just two weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine, reports the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. His daughter-in-law, journalist Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt has said that Moscow was pressuring him to support the war publicly, but he refused.
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