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Sevastopol�s Head Rabbi is Assaulted

On September 28th the city�s head rabbi, Benjamin Rolf, was assaulted in Sevastopol. That evening, four unidentified people yelling anti-Semitic insults came to the synagogue of the Sevastopol Jewish community. Two of them attacked Rabbi Rolf.

The rabbi received a brain tremble and light corporal damage. His condition is evaluated as satisfactory.

As Boris Nesterenko, the press-secretary of Sevastopol�s head rabbi, stated, after the incident, he was called to the police.

The attackers disappeared from the scene of the crime, but one left behind their identification. As a result, police expect to detain the criminals soon.



Source: Federal Jewish Society of Russia



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