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Jewish leaders support ban on Russian nationalist march

Updated: 07/Nov/2006 19:56

Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar

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MOSCOW (EJP)--- Russian Jewish leaders have expressed their support for the local authorities in Moscow after a street march planned by several ultra-nationalist groups for last weekend was banned.

"Moscow is a multi-ethnic and a multifaith city. If different ethnic and religious communities do not live peacefully together, unrest is guaranteed in the city and in the whole country," Berel Lazar, Russia’s chief rabbi, said in response to the city’s decision to ban the so-called Russian March planned for Saturday.

St. Petersburg also banned a similar event slated for the November 4 Unity Day, a national holiday in Russia.

Moscow came under fierce criticism last year after it allowed thousands of nationalists to march downtown on Unity Day.

Many sported Nazi insignia and yelled "Heil Hitler."

Organizers of this year’s march were not discouraged by the ban and said they would go ahead.

The organizers — which include the Movement Against Illegal Immigration and other groups, as well as a number of State Duma deputies — said they expect 10,000 people to participate Saturday, but stressed that participants would not carry posters with swastikas, shout Nazi slogans or make Nazi salutes.

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According to local reports, awastikas, anti-Semitic slogans and the words "Jews, get away to Israel" were daubed on the walls of the synagogue.

It is believed that the attack may have been connected to a rally held last week by local radical nationalists and neo-Nazis.

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The Jewish community of Krasnodar in Russia has not given up hope of reclaiming the city’s historic synagogue.

The two-story synagogue building is located in the very center of the city. In 1929 the synagogue was shut down by Soviet authorities. The security agency and regional committee of the Communist Party is located there now.

Ten years ago Jewish community in Krasnodar began to experience a revival, and, vigorously renewed the attempts to regain the historical building:

Community chairman Yuri Teitelbaum said: “Several years ago we have initiated proceedings for the return of the old building of synagogue to the community, but we encountered delays from the administration and bureaucratic difficulties. However, we do not give up hope and we will continue to act in this direction.”

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