Putin Hosts Rabbi Lazar for Yud Shevat-Themed Meeting
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar for a Yud Shevat meeting to discuss the state of Jewish communities in Russia and planned projects, with Lazar highlighting Holocaust remembrance, interfaith respect, and unity; Putin recalled childhood Jewish neighbors from a Leningrad Chassidic family, underscoring longstanding Jewish-Russian ties.