The chief rabbi of Georgia, Ariel Levine, moved to Israel temporarily after police informed him that they had information about a plan to kidnap him. Kidnappings by Muslim separatists recently have become a serious problem in the former Soviet republic after thousands crossed into the country fleeing turmoil in Chechnya.
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