10.6.2012. 17:29 |
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Crowds Pack Moscow Synagogue As Part of Centennial Celebrations
Mnoštvo je ispunilo moskovsku sinagogu kao dio proslave njene stogodišnjic
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By Lev Krichevsky, MOSCOW, Jun. 11 (JTA) –
Moskovski Židovi se obično sakupljaju u najpoznatijoj gradskoj sinagogi , u većem broju, samo za velike praznike. Ali 7.lipanj bio je drugačiji. Moskovska "Choral sinagogue" je slavila obnovu svojeg glavnog svetišta, što je dio proslave 100 godišnjice.
U samo nekoliko sati, nekoliko stotina Židova je došlo slušati govor Yuri Luzhkova, gradonačelnika Moskve, pogledati film o povijesti sinagoge , slušati dječji zbor i pogledati vatrogasnu izložbu izvan sinagoge , koja se nalazi samo nekoliko minuta daleko od Kremlja.
Organizatori su kazali da je moglo biti više ljudi , ali je zbog prisustva gradonačelnika (a i incidenta koji se ove godine dogodio u drugoj sinagogi), na proslavu se moglo doći samo sa pozivnicom, ulice su bile zatvorene za promet i prolaznike,a bile su dvije kolone policajaca sa detektorima na metal.
Usprkos svim tim predostrožnostima, sinagoga je bila prepuna.
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"Thank God, children's voices are being heard in the synagogue more and more today," Luzhkov, who was sporting a white yarmulke, said about the many children in the audience. "This symbolizes that the faith will live on," he added.
For Jews outside of Russia, the Moscow Choral Synagogue is probably best known as the site where thousands of Soviet Jews gathered in the fall of 1948 to greet Golda Meir, Israel's first ambassador to the Soviet Union, in a rare display of Jewish and Zionist pride for a Soviet Jewry demoralized by Stalin's repression.
In the 1970s and 1980s, the street next to the synagogue became the site of mass gatherings of Jews. Defying the ever-present KGB agents, members of the community celebrated Jewish holidays, sang, danced and exchanged news about the emigration status of their friends
Technically, the synagogue is more than 100 years old. It was built in the 1890s, but closed by the authorities after it was completed and remained shut for more than a decade. Only in 1906 did the authorities allow worship service here amid a loosening of laws on religious minorities....
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