Ancient Jewish Library Welcomed to New Home in Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Moscow’s Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre as an important collection of ancient Jewish books, the Schneerson library, arrived on Thursday. The President familiarised himself with the most valuable parts of the collection, which contains some 12,000 books and 50,000 rare documents dating from the 18th to the beginning of the 20th century. The transfer follows years of debate with the New York City based Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic community who demand the return of th