28 September 2026
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32m
Rebuilding, Renaissance, Russia: R. Berel Lazar
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Rabbi Berel Lazar is the Chief Rabbi of Russia and Chairman of the Council of Rabbis of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia. He also serves as the senior Chabad-Lubavitch emissary in Moscow and has held leadership roles connecting Jewish communities across the former Soviet Union. Rabbi Lazar has served on the Presidential Council for Interaction with Religious Associations and the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation. Born in Milan, he moved to Moscow in 1990, beginning what has been more than three decades of helping rebuild Jewish institutions across Russia.
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