Russian authorities were “putting pressure” on Pinchas Goldschmidt and he decided to leave the country.
Moscow Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt left Russia at the request of the authorities to publicly support the war in Ukraine. This was announced on Twitter by journalist Avital Chizhik-Goldshmidt, the rabbi’s son-in-law.
“Finally, I can share that my relatives, Chief Rabbi of Moscow Pinchas Goldschmidt and Rebbetzin Daru Goldshmidt, were forced by the authorities to publicly support the“ special operation ”in Ukraine – and they refused,” he wrote. .
According to the journalist, Goldschmidt and his wife arrived in Hungary two weeks after the start of the war in Ukraine.
First, they traveled to Eastern Europe to raise funds for refugees, and later the family flew to Israel, while the rabbi’s father was hospitalized in Jerusalem.
Chizhik-Goldshmidt stressed that since they refused to publicly support the “special operation”, her husband’s parents were “in exile from the community where they loved, raised and raised their children more than 33 years. “
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Recall that in early May, a scandal erupted over the words of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about anti-Semitic Jews. Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berl Lazar has asked for a public apology from the politician.
Israel later said Russian President Vladimir Putin had apologized for the embarrassing statement in a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
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Source: korrespondent
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