Days after authorities in the Russian town of Borovichi granted a public space to the local Jewish community, it was seriously damaged in what local Jews believe was an anti-Semitic arson attack. According to Edward Alexeev, leader of the small Jewish community in the town of 90,000 located about 300 miles northwest of Moscow, the fire earlier this week totally destroyed the roof of the building. No one was injured.
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