Former Moscow rabbi wants all Jews to leave Putin's Russia | Conflict Zone

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Published on Sep 13, 2022
Moscow's former chief rabbi discusses anti-Semitism, morality and red line between democracy and authoritarianism in Vladimir Putin's Russia. Pinchas Goldschmidt spoke with Tim Sebastian from Berlin.

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Chapters Info

0:00 Overview
1:15 Welcome to Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt
3:55 Morality and moral response to Kremlin's Ukraine invasion
4:40 A different country with different rules.
5:56 Where was Europe, US after annexation of Crimea in 2014?
10:27 I'm concerned about the future of the Jewish community in Russia.
12:07 Rise in anti-Semitism, closing of the Iron Curtain, repression and draft for the army.
13:18 Judaism is a religion of deeds, speaking out is secondary.
14:00 Helping refugees in Budapest, Warsaw and Romania
16:08 Is leaving Russia, running away?
17:00 My community is all over the world, Dubai, Israel, London, Germany.
17:51 Some Jewish leaders in Russia supported invasion.
19:07 Chief Rabbi of Odessa, refugees from Mariupol and Kyiv.
20:11 No mediation between good and evil.
20:40 Israel is not financing the war.
21:39 Hezbollah, Iran, Syria, and Israel.
23:00 PM Lapid's criticism of Russia.
23:36 Russia is entering a period of deep isolation and new Iron Curtain with Europe.