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Adolf Shayevitch (born 1938) is one of two competing claimants to the title of Chief Rabbi of Russia . Despite his claims to the position, Adolf Shayevitch is not recognized by the Russian government as the leader of Russian Jewry . Shayevich was raised in Birobidzhan , and studied at a Jewish seminary in Budapest , where he met his wife. He had formerly been the head of the central Moscow Choral Synagogue, and the Chief Rabbi of Moscow . Shayevitch was appointed chief rabbi by the Russian Jewish Congress , and Rabbi Berel Lazar is the officially recognized Chief Rabbi of Russia by the Russian government. In June 2000 the dispute between Lazar and Shayevitch escalated after Chabad requested that Shayevitch resign his claim to the post. When Lazar was named by the Kremlin to a high-profile governmental advisory panel that includes leaders of all religions officially recognized by the Russian government the Kremlin demonstrated that it officially recognized Lazar as the religious leader of the Russian Jewish community, replacing congress’s Adolf Shayevich, who until then had occupied the post. The Russian Government has not invited Shayevich to any state events or giving him any posts. Lazar on the other hand as the Kremlin recognized Chief Rabbi of Russia, has received a number of important official positions and has been showered with medals by the Russian government. Shayevich's closeness to Vladimir Gusinsky , the head of the Russian Jewish Congress is thought to be the cause of his isolation. After Gusinsky supported Putin's rivals for President in 1999, Putin immediately brought Lazar into his circle on becoming president. In 1987 Shayevitch was awarded the Russian Order of Friendship of Peoples .¹

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Adolf Solomonovich Shayevich (born 28 October 1937; Russian: Адольф Соломонович Шаевич ; the first name is sometimes also transcribed as Adolph , and the surname as Shayevitch or Shaevich ) has been since 1983 the rabbi of Moscow Choral Synagogue , which has been traditionally considered as Moscow's main Jewish house of prayer. During the waning days of the Soviet Union , Shayevich was sometimes unofficially referred to in the West as the "Soviet Union's Chief Rabbi". Presently he is considered the Chief Rabbi of Russia by the Russian Jewish Congress , one of the two major Jewish organization in Russia (of which he also is a member of the presidium). His claim to this title is not universally recognized, however, because the country's other major Jewish organization, Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia , has its own Chief Rabbi of Russia, Berel Lazar . While the Russian Federation is a secular state, the federal government has referred to both Lazar and Shayevich as the "Chief Rabbi of Russia". A Bit of Banter, and Prayers" , New York Times Kremlin ruffles Jewish feathers in Lubavitch rabbi appointment Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO

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Adolf Solomonovich Shayevich (born 28 October 1937; Russian: Адольф Соломонович Шаевич ; the first name is sometimes also transcribed as Adolph , and the surname as Shayevitch or Shaevich ) has been the rabbi of the Moscow Choral Synagogue since 1983, which is traditionally regarded as Moscow's main Jewish house of prayer. During the waning days of the Soviet Union , Shayevich was sometimes unofficially referred to in the West as the "Soviet Union's Chief Rabbi". Shayevich presently holds the position of the Chief Rabbi of Russia representing the Russian Jewish Congress , one of the two major Jewish organization in Russia (of which he also is a member of the presidium). His claim to this title is not universally recognized, however, as the country's other major Jewish organization, Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia , which has been supported by Russia′s political leadership since 2000, has its own Chief Rabbi of Russia, Berel Lazar , an adherent of Chabad . While the Russian Federation is a secular state, the federal government has referred to both Lazar and Shayevich as the "Chief Rabbi of Russia".

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Soviet-Russian Orthodox rabbi In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs , the patronymic is Solomonovich and the family name is Shayevich . Adolf Solomonovich Shayevich (Russian: Адольф Соломонович Шаевич ; born 28 October 1937) is a Soviet and Russian Orthodox rabbi who has been the rabbi of the Moscow Choral Synagogue since 1983, which is traditionally regarded as Moscow's main Jewish house of prayer. During the waning days of the Soviet Union , Shayevich was sometimes unofficially referred to in the West as the "Soviet Union's Chief Rabbi". Shayevich presently holds the position of the Chief Rabbi of Russia representing the Russian Jewish Congress , one of the two major Jewish organization in Russia (of which he also is a member of the presidium). His claim to this title is not universally recognized, however, as the country's other major Jewish organization, Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia , which has been supported by Russia's political leadership since 2000, has its own Chief Rabbi of Russia, Berel Lazar , an adherent of Chabad . While the Russian Federation is a secular state, the federal government has referred to both Lazar and Shayevich as the "Chief Rabbi of Russia". There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).

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Soviet-Russian Orthodox rabbi In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs , the patronymic is Solomonovich and the family name is Shayevich . Adolf Solomonovich Shayevich ( Russian : Адольф Соломонович Шаевич ; born 28 October 1937) is a Soviet and Russian Orthodox rabbi who has been the rabbi of the Moscow Choral Synagogue since 1983, which is traditionally regarded as Moscow's main Jewish house of prayer. During the waning days of the Soviet Union , Shayevich was sometimes unofficially referred to in the West as the "Soviet Union's Chief Rabbi". Shayevich presently holds the position of the Chief Rabbi of Russia representing the Russian Jewish Congress , one of the two major Jewish organization in Russia (of which he also is a member of the presidium). His claim to this title is not universally recognized, however, as the country's other major Jewish organization, Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia , which has been supported by Russia's political leadership since 2000, has its own Chief Rabbi of Russia, Berel Lazar , an adherent of Chabad . While the Russian Federation is a secular state, the federal government has referred to both Lazar and Shayevich as the "Chief Rabbi of Russia". There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).

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