Jews in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar are charging that anti-Semitism among local officials lay behind their refusal to return a synagogue to the community. The synagogue, which was built in the 1880s, was confiscated by Communist officials in 1936. Human rights activists have charged that racist policies have been openly practiced by local authorities since the December 1996 election of a new regional governor.
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