A spokesman for Russia’s Foreign Ministry said it’s looking into why Moscow’s chief rabbi wasn’t let back into the country. Pinchas Goldschmidt, a Swiss citizen and a Moscow rabbi for 15 years, had his multi-entry visa annulled at a Moscow airport Monday night when he was returning from Israel.
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