Russia’s top rabbi, Berel Lazarus, has been shocked by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s remarks that “the worst anti-Semites are Jews and that Adolf Hitler had Jewish roots,” and called on him to apologize publicly. .
His statements are broadcast by the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinformciting Jewish Telegraphic Association.
«I do not think I have the right to give advice to the head of Russian diplomacy, but it would not be bad if he apologized to the Jews and just admitted his mistake.“, Was Berel Lazarus’s answer to the question asked by the JTA.
He pointed out that “it is not right to draw any parallels between the Holocaust and current events. Referring to the role played by the Soviet army in crushing Nazism, Lazar told JTA that such a comparison “reduces the supply of heroic soldiers who liberated Auschwitz and hoisted the flag of victory in the Reichstag”.
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