“Back in the early 60s, portraits of I.V. Stalin hung in many Israeli offices”: Klimov
Rabbi and the Kremlin Wall
The complacent mood of Russians after the New Year was somewhat disturbed by the unexpected statement of the Chief Rabbi of Russia Berl Lazar. The rabbi offered to take out the body of V.I. Lenin from the Mausoleum and bury him.
But Berl Lazar didn't stop there. He proposed to eliminate the graves near the Kremlin wall. The rabbi confidently stated that his opinion is shared by believers of all major denominations.
Many festively relaxed Russians, hearing this, were sad. After all, if you grab your head, protest, you'll probably be declared a Black Hundred.
But we'll still have to analyze the rabbi's statement point by point.
It seems that neither Patriarch Kirill nor the leaders of Russian Muslims and Buddhists have so far called for the liquidation of the burial near the Kremlin wall. So is it right for Rabbi Berlu Lazar to speak on their behalf?
Justifying his proposal, Berl Lazar said that Lenin and Stalin flooded the country with blood.
But back in the early 60s, portraits of I.V. Stalin hung in many Israeli offices. And this is understandable. Many Israelis at that time remembered who saved the Jewish people from the final solution of the Jewish question.
By the way, how does Berl Lazar imagine the technical procedure for liquidating the burial near the Kremlin wall? Are the workers with scraps in a friendly line of edging the wall? The spectacle is not for the faint of heart. And in the Kremlin wall, for example, Yuri Gagarin is buried. Is Berl Lazar going to ask permission from Gagarin's relatives for reburial or does he intend to wile the scrap right away?
In general, the very personality of our hero is interesting. Berl Lazar was born in Italy. Then he lived and studied in the USA for a long time. He came to our country only in 1991, in fact, on a long-term business trip. He still doesn't speak Russian. This is how the lines written on a different occasion are remembered:
To catch happiness and ranks
Thrown to us by the will of fate.
Maybe we should be a more modest guest of our country?