Name Tag Drags Chabad into Russia-Ukraine Conflict
From the Forward:
In the hyper-sensitive international atmosphere surrounding Russia’s 2014 forceful annexation of Crimea, even a name tag can create a crisis.
This lesson was learned by Chabad-Lubavitch, the Broklyn-based Haredi group which convened its annual emissaries conference in New Jersey on November 19. Among the 5,600 emissaries, or shluchim, from across the world attending the convention was Rabbi Binyamin Wolf, the Chabad representative in Sevastopol, Crimea’s largest city. His name tag, however, identified him as being from Sevastopol, Russia.
This was not lost on the Russian press, which viewed Rabbi Wolf’s name tag as recognition, on behalf of the largest Jewish organization active in Russia and the former Soviet Union, of the legitimacy of Russia’s occupation of Crimea.
“The main thing is that the document issued by our rabbi clearly reflects the existing reality today: Crimea and Sevastopol are part of Russia,” Ruslan Balbek, member of the Russian Duma who was appointed deputy premier of the Crimean government after the Russian occupation, told state-run news agency Sputnik.
Simple respknce
Name tag or locations is not identified based on geographic location
Rather by the demographic
As in under which head Shliach he is operating
Since he is under berel lazar it’s listed as Russia
Although it may sound funny what ever it would have said the other side media would have a field day
This explanation shifts focus
Besides I am in doubt that a Russian media came across him and his name badge location at the kinuss
This sounds more like a way to get ppl to read a artical bc a update was necesery and there was nothing else to post