An anti-Semitic leaflet is circulating in many Russian Orthodox churches, according to the Union of Councils for Jews in the FSU, formerly known as the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. The leaflet refers to Jews as “damn kikes” and “servants of Satan,” and blames Jews for Russia’s current financial and social woes.
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