Ulyanovsk, Russia – Nine Teenagers Arrested for Drawing Swastikas on Jewish Centre

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    Ulyanovsk, Russia – Nine adolescents were arrested for drawing swastikas on a Jewish cultural centre in Ulyanovsk — in the Volga region.

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    "Youths gathered in front of the centre drew swastikas and shouted anti-Semitic slogans", said Andrei Glotser, representative of Russia's Chief Rabbi Berl Lazar.

    A special department of the Federation of Jewish Communities, which registers incidents of anti-Semitism nature in Russia, last year noted a decrease in the number of anti-Semitic incidents in 2007 as compared with 2006, said Boroda. [afp]


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    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    16 years ago

    I happen to be friendly with the chief rabbi of ulyanuvsk, rabbi yossi marazov. He told that the situation is very bad at times with the anti semitic teens