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Former Moscow rabbi says he rebuffed proposal to convert a million Russians discussed in Epstein files recording

JL;DR SUMMARY Recently released recordings reveal a 2013 conversation between former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Jeffrey Epstein, where Barak suggested mass conversion and selective immigration to Israel from Russia, aiming to alter the demographic balance in favor of the Jewish state. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Ehud BarakNetanyahuImmigrationConversionRussian JewsOrthodox RabbinateIsrael PoliticsJeffrey EpsteinIsrael DemographicsPinchas Goldschmidt

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Moscow, Russian Federation
"Goldschmidt, who spent more than three decades leading Moscows Jewish community before leaving the country after Russias invasion of Ukraine in 2022."
Moscow Province, Russian Federation
"Former Moscow rabbi says he rebuffed proposal to convert a million Russians discussed in Epstein files recording."

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