Adolf Solomonowitsch Schajewitsch
Adolf Solomonowitsch Schajewitsch ( Russian Адольф Соломонович Шаевич ; born 1937 in Khabarovsk ) has been rabbi of the Choral Synagogue , the main synagogue of Moscow , since 1983 .
Schajewitsch is a member of the Presidium of the Interreligious Council of Russia (Russian Meschreligiosny sowet Rossii / Межрелигиозный совет России (МСР); scientific transliteration Mežreligioznyj sovet Rossii; English Interreligious Council in Russia). Berel Lazar questions his right to lead Russia's Jewish communities . Lazar heads the Association of Jewish Communities of Russia (Russian Федерация еврейских общин России, English Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia), which belongs to Orthodox Judaism and is close to the Lubavitch movement.
biography
Adolf Schajewitsch was born in Khabarovsk, he came from a secular Jewish family that originally came from western Ukraine . Shortly after his birth, the family moved to nearby Birobidzhan. Schajewitsch completed his training at the Polytechnic in Khabarovsk in 1964. In 1972 he gave up his position as a chief mechanic at a local authority and moved to Moscow, where he got a modest job at the small religious school of the Moscow Choral Synagogue. In 1973, the New York Rabbi Arthur Schneier , who had good relations with the Soviet US Ambassador Dobrynin , arranged for Shayevich and his fellow student Jefim Levits, who later became a rabbi at the Leningrad main synagogue , a scholarship to study at the Rabbinical Seminary in Budapest , at that time the only training center for prospective rabbis in the Eastern Bloc .
After his return to Moscow, Shayevich received an offer from Jakow Fischman, the then rabbi of the Moscow choral synagogue, to act as his deputy. After Fischman's death, Shayevich was appointed chief rabbi of the choral synagogue and, at the same time, chief rabbi of Moscow.
In 1988, Schajewitsch spent three months studying at Yeshiva University in New York . On January 1, 1989, he announced to the World Jewish Congress (WJC) that he would renounce his participation in the Anti-Zionist Committee of the Soviet Public , which made his participation in the WJC possible.
While Schajewitsch was appointed Chief Rabbi of Russia by the Russian Jewish Congress (Russian Российский еврейский конгресс, English Russian Jewish Congress) , Berel Lazar is officially recognized by the Russian government as Chief Rabbi of Russia. The conflict between the two rabbis escalated in June 2000 when Shayevich was asked by Chabad to resign. In contrast to Schajewitsch, Lazar has received numerous important positions and honorable awards from President Vladimir Putin in the Russian government . The reason for the isolation of Schajewitsch is believed to be his proximity to the media tsar Gussinski . After Gussinski supported Putin's rival as Prime Minister in 1999, Putin immediately appointed Lazar to his circle of friends after his appointment as Prime Minister.
In 1987 Schajewitsch received the Order of Friendship of Peoples . On the occasion of his 70th birthday, he was awarded the Medal of Merit for Moscow by Moscow Mayor Luzhkov in 2008 .
See also
Web links
- Gerd Stricker: owep.de: Staying or leaving? Jews in Russia , from: OWEP 3/2008
- russland.ru: Chief Rabbi: The memory of the victory unites Russian citizens against the threat of terrorism
- interreligious.ru (Interreligious Council of Russia)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schajewitsch, Adolf Solomonowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shaevich, Adolf Solomonovich; Schajewitsch, Adolf; Šaevič, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian rabbi |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Khabarovsk |