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Putin: European Jews Can Find Safety in Russia

Russian president Vladimir Putin has met with European Jewish leaders to discuss their concerns over rising anti-Semitism on the continent.

During the meeting, Putin pointed out that many Jews emigrated from Moscow when it was part of the former Soviet Union. He said now they can come back.

The president of the European Jewish Congress, Moshe Kantor said the number of Jews fleeing Europe is also on the rise.

“The situation with the Jews in Europe is the worst it has been since the end of the Second World War,” said Kantor. “The Jews are again in fear and a Jewish exodus from Europe is quite real. There are more Jews fleeing France, which is considered very secure, than from civil-war-torn Ukraine.”

“Let them come here,” said Putin. “They emigrated from here under Soviet Union, but now they can come back.”

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6 Comments

  • Big Z - Zalmy Schapiro

    This is good news the main thing is everyone should be safe and be besimcha

  • shlomo

    for sure Russia is safety than israel for jewish. from 1,5 milion making alia 200K return to russia only in moskva 100k israelis citizens

  • Moshe G

    Do you realize that Russia saved 300,000 Polish Jews during WWII. My family included. They were the only nation to take us in.