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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Andrew Roth

Moscow’s chief rabbi ‘in exile’ after resisting Kremlin pressure over war

Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt
Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt has been Moscow’s chief rabbi since 1993. Photograph: Matthias Schräder/AP

Moscow’s chief rabbi, Pinchas Goldschmidt, is “in exile” after resisting Kremlin pressure to support the war in Ukraine, his daughter-in-law has said.

Goldschmidt, who also heads the Conference of European Rabbis, left Russia just weeks after it launched its invasion of Ukraine, saying he had to take care of his ailing father in Jerusalem.

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