Rabbi Berel Lazar

Russian President Visits Birobidjan Jewish Community
City: Birobidjan [July 5 2010]
BIROBIDJAN, Russia — President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev visited the capital of the Jewish Autonomous Region

First Congress of Rabbis of Russia Concludes
City: S. Petersburg [June 25 2010]
S. PETERSBURG, Russia – The first Congress of Rabbis of Russia finished yesterday in S. Petersburg

Chief Rabbi of Russia Visits Archangelsk
City: Arkhangelsk [June 16 2010]
ARCHANGELSK, Russia — Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar visit one of Russia’s oldest port cities, Archangelsk

Chief Rabbi, FJC President Visit Stavropol
City: Stavropol [June 14 2010]
STAVROPOL, Russia — Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar and the President of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia, Alexander Boroda, met with the Governor of the Stavropol Region

Jewish Seniors Home to Open in Russia
City: Vladimir [June 4 2010]
VLADIMIR, Russia — Not far from the village of Volginskiy in Russia’s Vladimir Region, the laying of the foundation stone for the Beit Avot Senior Citizens Home took place

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Chief Rabbi of Russia Marks 100th Anniversary of State Duma
[April 27 2006]
MOSCOW, Russia – At the end of April, Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar sent a congratulation address to parliamentarians who were celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Russian State Duma.

Victory Day Marked by Jews of Perm
[May 11 2005]
PERM, Russia - Students of the Ohr Avner Chabad Day School in Perm put on an extraordinary concert for Jewish veterans, who visited their school on May 9th to mark Victory Day and the anniversary of the end of World War Two.

Chief Rabbi of Russia Lays Wreath at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
[May 10 2005]
MOSCOW, Russia - Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar undertook an action recently expressed by world leaders this Victory Day - May 9th - by laying a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Soldier by the Wall of the Kremlin.

Chief Rabbi of Russia Meets with State Officials on Security
[May 6 2005]
MOSCOW, Russia – Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar took part in a meeting with the Head of the Federal Security Service, Nikolai Patrushev.

Jewish Veterans Star Guests for Lipetsk Concert
[May 5 2005]
LIPETSK, Russia - This week, amateur actors from the 'Lechaim' Jewish community of Lipetsk will be putting on a festive concert prepared exclusively for war veterans and those persons who served as workers on the home-front during World War Two.

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Russia Turns Over Wallenberg Documents
[October 1 2007]
MOSCOW, Russia (AP) - The main successor agency to the KGB on Wednesday gave a top Russian rabbi copies of archival documents on Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat credited with saving thousands of Hungarian Jews from Nazi death camps.

Russia's chief rabbi  has his 12th child
[August 30 2007]
MOSCOW ,Russia – (Interfax) On the night of August 28, Russia's Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar's wife Chana gave birth to a daughter, the rabbi's press service has informed Interfax.

Leaving the Soviet era behind, a shul opens in Estonia capital
[May 17 2007]
TALLINN, Estonia – Europe's last remaining capital without a synagogue has ended that dubious distinction.

Chief Rabbi: Russia not facing neo-Nazis
[May 14 2007]
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia's Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar said Sunday that not enough was being done to deal with neo-Nazi groups in the country, Israel Radio reported.

Russia's chief rabbi calls for stopping any attempts of reviving Nazism
[May 10 2006]
MOSCOW, Russia (Interfax) - Chief rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar has greeted World War II veterans and their families on Victory Day.

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Personal profile
1984, BA in Religious Studies; 1986, ordination, Central Lubavitch Yeshiva; 1987, clandestine network of activists and refuseniks, Soviet Union; 1989, Rabbi, Moscow's Marina Rostcha Synagogue; first post-communist Jewish day school, Russia; 1991, region-wide educational network; 1992, Chairman, Rabbinical Alliance of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS); 1997, established Federation of Jewish Communities of CIS (15 FSU countries); 2000, elected Chief Rabbi, Russia; appointed to Council for Coordination of Religious Associations; 2002, elected Chairman, Rabbinical Council of the World Congress of Russian Jewry.