Russia’s chief rabbi said he is convinced that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to “eradicate” anti-Semitism at home. Rabbi Berel Lazar led a delegation of six Russian and American Jews that met with Putin on Tuesday night at the Russian Embassy in Washington.
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