Officials from the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society returned from an 11 -day fact- finding mission to Russia and Ukraine “deeply concerned” about the state of religious protections in the former Soviet Union. With Russia’s currency devalued by some 34 percent in recent days, HIAS executives issued a statement calling Russia’s socioeconomic environment “a breeding ground for anti- democratic and anti-Semitic forces.”
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