JTA
The last open synagogue in Vilnius, Taharot
Ha-Kodesh, is now part of a power struggle.
Ha-Kodesh, is now part of a power struggle.
Now one of them — Rabbi Sholom Ber Krinsky, a Chabad-Lubavitcher who arrived in 1994 to serve as the community's rabbi — not only has lost control of the synagogue but is literally scrambling to keep a roof over his and his family's head.
Krinsky may soon become the only Chabad emissary among the more than 200 in the former Soviet Union to be evicted from his Chabad House premises for non-payment of rent. Krinsky once owned the property but was forced to sell to satisfy his debts.
Vilnius Shul Duel Heats Up Over Restitution
JTA
The last open synagogue in Vilnius, Taharot
Ha-Kodesh, is now part of a power struggle.
Ha-Kodesh, is now part of a power struggle.
Vilnus, Lithuania — Here in the former home of the Vilna Gaon, the historic center of the anti-Chasidic Litvak movement, two rabbis have been battling for three years for control of the city’s lone synagogue.
Now one of them — Rabbi Sholom Ber Krinsky, a Chabad-Lubavitcher who arrived in 1994 to serve as the community’s rabbi — not only has lost control of the synagogue but is literally scrambling to keep a roof over his and his family’s head.
Krinsky may soon become the only Chabad emissary among the more than 200 in the former Soviet Union to be evicted from his Chabad House premises for non-payment of rent. Krinsky once owned the property but was forced to sell to satisfy his debts.
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