Moscow’s chief rabbi in exile after refusing to back Putin’s war on Ukraine, relative says Pinchas Goldschmidt, who was briefly kicked out of Russia in 2005, is generally tight lipped about politics.
With Putin cracking down on democracy, Russian Jews are increasingly moving to Israel The Jewish state has received nearly 40,000 Russian newcomers over the past four years — more than in the entire preceding decade.
Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah translated into Russian Some 45,000 copies of the 14-volume monumental work are on sale across Russia thanks to $1.5 million in funding.