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Soviet Removes Moscow Chief Rabbi from Post of Yeshiva Head

February 2, 1961
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Moscow’s Chief Rabbi Yehuda Leib Levine, who has also been dean of the Yeshiva conducted for a small number of Jewish theological students at the Moscow synagogue, has been relieved of his duties as administrative head of the Yeshiva, according to a dispatch from Moscow received here today.

The Soviet report on the change stated that the shift amounted only to “a routine action” which, apparently, alters in some way the inner structure of the Moscow Jewish community, The dispatch made it clear that Rabbi Levine will stay on as Chief Rabbi.

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