Rabbi Pinhas Goldschmidt who left Russia after the outbreak of war in Ukraine is no longer the main rabbi of Moscow after 30 years in this position, 7kanal writes.
The board of the Moscow Jewish Religious Community voted in June for extending a contract with Rabbi Goldshmidt, despite the fact that he was already forced to be in Israel, and not in Russia, but the spokesman for Rabbi Goldschmidt Olga Yesaulova said that Goldschmidt was no longer The main rabbi of Moscow, since he now does not play any role in the life of the Moscow Jewish community of Russia. “The contract is over. There is no talk of successors, perhaps they will not be,” Esaulova said, noting that the rabbi Goldshmidt was not dismissed.
Goldshmidt left Russia in March, two weeks after the start of the war of Russia against Ukraine. His daughter-in-law, journalist Avital Chizhik-Holdshmidt recently stated that Goldschmidt had pressure in Russia so that he publicly supported the war, but he refused to do it.