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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 434

Schneerson Collection

Visitors look through books before Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to the library of the Schneerson family of Hasidic rabbis in the Jewish Museum in Moscow, June 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
May 21, 2022, 9:28 pm
In trying to seize Russian assets, the US is taking a page from Chabad
The Brooklyn-based Hasidic movement has tried to regain a grand rabbi’s treasured library from Russia for decades. After the Ukraine invasion, it may have the leverage it seeks
By Asaf Shalev
Visitors look through books before Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to the library of the Schneerson family of Hasidic rabbis in the Jewish Museum in Moscow, June 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
November 28, 2019, 5:11 pm
Russian prosecutors seek arrest of US rabbi in fight over Jewish manuscripts
Warrant marks escalation of legal dispute between Russia and US over collection of Jewish books that once belonged to Chabad leader
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Svetlana Khvostova, the Russian State Library employee in charge of keeping the Schneerson Collection. (Courtesy)
November 10, 2017, 3:48 pm
Chabad rabbis receive newly found book from Schneerson collection held by Russia
Delighted by initial success, Senator Schumer says he will ‘not rest until the entire Schneerson collection is returned’
By JTA
Svetlana Khvostova, the Russian State Library employee in charge of keeping the Schneerson Collection. (Courtesy)
June 27, 2017, 1:43 pm
Look, but don’t touch: Moscow’s Schneerson Collection goes online
Russian government continues to hold the Chabad dynasty’s seized collection of ancient books, but is opening it to public viewing on the web
By Julie Masis
Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting in the Kremlin earlier this month (photo credit: AP/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)
June 14, 2013, 2:42 pm
Putin: Books transfer puts Lubavitch dispute to rest
Chabad officials remain committed to US court rulings ordering Russia to hand over texts
February 20, 2013, 1:12 pm
Putin: Disputed archive could go to Jewish museum
Russian leader says legal battle over books and documents claimed by Chabad has ‘taken on elements of confrontation’
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