Rabbi Berel Lazar

Ukraine invasion puts Chabad of Russia ‘between a rock and a hard place’

Urged by some to cheers for the war and to condemn it by others, Russian’s largest Jewish group is forced to walk a tightrope.

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 31, 2022 10:18 am

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Rabbi Berel Lazar affixing a mezuzah to the front door of the New Synagogue in Kaliningrad, Nov. 8, 2018. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar has the coronavirus

The 56-year-old rabbi’s press service said that his “health is out of danger.”

June 8, 2020 11:13 am

Russia’s chief rabbi reported to be part of diplomatic delegation sent to Iran

Rabbi Berel Lazar reportedly visited Jewish community institutions in Tehran and met with Jewish leaders during the one-day visit.

September 3, 2018 7:04 am

Leading Russian rabbi criticizes local court for blacklisting book by 19th-century rabbi

July 18, 2017 5:55 am

Vienna rabbis condemn Russia’s chief rabbi for meeting head of Austria’s Freedom Party

December 27, 2016 9:14 am

Chief rabbi of Russia: Stamp out hate speech against Jews

April 18, 2016 6:39 am

Ancient Russian synagogues rededicated

November 4, 2014 8:40 am

In suit between Gaydamak and Leviev, London court rules no legal claims exist

By Ben Sales July 1, 2012 11:08 am

Holocaust memorial unveiled in Ukraine

By Vladimir Matveyev September 8, 2009 4:06 pm

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