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Putin Tells Jewish Dignitaries They Can Trust Him to Combat Anti-Semitism, Neo-Nazism


Chief Rabbi Lazar, who in March slammed Ukrainian Jewish leaders for condemning Moscow’s actions in Ukraine, thanked Putin for the Russian government’s pro-Jewish stance.

 

 

Putin with Jews

Russian President Vladimir Putin met on Wednesday with Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar and the President of Jewish Communities of Russia yesterday, to discuss joint efforts to combat anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism.

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The meeting was also attended by rabbis from Israel, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and France. The parties discussed joint efforts to prevent the “rewriting of history”: the fight against neo-Nazism and neo-fascism, as well as xenophobia and anti-Semitism.

Putin assured the Jewish leaders that Russia will fight against any new manifestations of Nazism. “Of particular concern is the revival of Nazi ideas, ” said Putin, who a few months ago invaded the Crimean peninsula, taking it away by force from neighboring Ukraine.

“I want to thank the Jewish community’s NGOs that are both active and courageous, ” Putin noted. “We see it in today’s world – how a struggle is being uncompromisingly waged against all manifestations of the Nazi ideology and any attempts to revive it.”

“We consider you, in this regard, our closest allies and ask you to consider us and as such, ” Putin added. “In Russia we will not only never forget these tragedies; furthermore we will always cherish the memory of the dead, and we will do everything we can to prevent a recurrence of similar tragedies in the future.”

Rabbi Lazar, who in March slammed Ukrainian Jewish leaders for condemning Moscow’s actions in Ukraine, telling them to mind their own business, thanked Putin for the Russian government’s focus on religious and national issues, stressing that “the organization of this meeting is the best proof of such attention.”

“It is in Russia that people are genuinely concerned about the threat of neo-Nazism, Holocaust denial and revisionist approaches to World War II, ” Rabbi Lazar said. “Many leaders in different countries prefer to keep quiet about it, but here in Russia the matter is openly addressed. Tomorrow we fly to Sevastopol, where we will once again remember the 6 million [Jews] that died.”

Lazar added that, “for us, it is very gratifying to see how it is in Russia, a country where the Jewish way of life was previously banned, that such a dynamic Jewish community exists now. We are grateful to the government for its support and for the fight against anti-Semitism.”

The problems of growing anti-Semitism in Europe and throughout the world were addressed by the foreign dignitaries on hand: Rabbi Yosef, Rabbi Jacobs, Rabbi Lieberman and Rabbi Lau. The latter also thanked the Russian authorities for the fight against anti-Semitism and told his personal story of how a Russian soldier, Fedor Mikhailichenko, saved his life in Buchenwald.

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