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Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Aaron Gurevich, a Russian Army chaplain who directs the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia’s Department for Military and Law Enforcement Cooperation, discusses Jewish prisoner services with Col. A. Koshkin, director of the Nizhny Novgorod regional office of the Federal Penitentiary Service.
As part of a tour of prisons on behalf of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia to provide Jewish books and counseling to inmates, Rabbi Aaron Gurevich had contacted officials to plan his trip to Nizhny Novgorod. When he heard their assessment of the Jewish population, he pressed on.
Told of 2 Jews in Russian Prison, Rabbi Finds 8 More
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Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Aaron Gurevich, a Russian Army chaplain who directs the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia’s Department for Military and Law Enforcement Cooperation, discusses Jewish prisoner services with Col. A. Koshkin, director of the Nizhny Novgorod regional office of the Federal Penitentiary Service.
As part of a tour of prisons on behalf of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia to provide Jewish books and counseling to inmates, Rabbi Aaron Gurevich had contacted officials to plan his trip to Nizhny Novgorod. When he heard their assessment of the Jewish population, he pressed on.
