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"In addition, the Chief Rabbi of Russia, A. Shaevich, remarks in the introduction: "Interest in this book surpassed our wildest expectations. A huge number of thankful responses from completely different individuals come to us all the time. Even more letters contain emphatic requests to help in acquiring this volume."

"As can be seen from the preceding, the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch is not a mere historical curiosity, but it is intended as a guide for action. We would hope that on the basis of this official Jewish book, law enforcement agencies would, according to Article 282 of the RF Criminal Code, suppress the proliferation of a religion that instills hatred among the Jews toward all others in Russia; particularly if one peruses the "ideally complete memorial to the Jewish morals' — Kitzur Shulchan Aruch which is studied in yeshivas.

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"(Moreover)...numerous anti-Jewish acts throughout the world are staged by Jews themselves as provocations - to create a reason for the persecution against patriots. The best known incident in Russia is the Norinsky case who in 1988 mailed threats to Jews in the name of the (right wing) Pamyat organization, so that the government would initiate repression against it; he was aided in this by editor-in-chief of journal Znamia, G. Baklanov, a coreligionist of his, who published 500,000 copies of the offending flyer. Only after this that the provocation was exposed (cf. Znamia No. 10, 1988; Pravda, 11.19.88; Komsomol'skaia Pravda, 11.24.88; Ogonek No. 9, 1989). Among the most recent events one can mention a strange series of acts of vandalism in 1998-1999: on May 13, 1998, there was an explosion in the synagogue in the Mafina roshcha (a wall was damaged); on the same day, not far from a synagogue in Otradnoe, a "burning gasoline can was found," while in Irkutsk a "Jewish cemetery was vandalized." As to be expected, there was a loud noise in the world's media, and everything was - without proof - blamed on some "Russian nationalists" (cf. Independent newspaper, 5.15.98). But when soon after this, in 1999, there was a synagogue devastated in Birobidzhan, and a court established that it was done by a person hired by the Jews themselves (cf. Radonezh, 1999, Nos. 15-16) - the "democratic" media ignored the event.

"On the basis of the cited passages and the actual practice of Jewish believers in these texts, it is not difficult to understand why the formal rejection of Judaism (smeared as "antisemitism"), has been widespread throughout time in many places of the world....And in this context we mention the Russian Orthodox Church's understanding of Judaism's aggression and hatred as a form of Satanism. This was held by well-known philosopher-intellectuals, for instance, A. F. Losev, Fr. Paul Florensky (cf. V. V. Rozanov, Sakharna, published by Respublika in 1998, p. 360) and Fr. Segiy Bulgakov: "Jewry, which rejected Christ, became a 'laboratory of all kinds of spiritual perversions, poisoning the world and particularly Christian mankind" (Vestnik RKhD, Paris. 1973, No. 108-110, p. 72)...This, unfortunately, occurred with the majority of the Jewish people (as opposed by its lesser part who converted to Christianity). But overall, they don't want to admit this and feel that the statement of truth by Christ about their lies (St. John ch. 8) and, after Him, by Orthodox Christians, is "insulting" to the Jews. Jewish plaintiffs frequently direct their accusations of'anti-Semitism' against

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this essential part of the Orthodox Church's teachings, demanding that it be banned (as in the case of the textbook, The bases of the Orthodox Culture)...

"Following the behest of the Church Fathers, however, we cannot disseminate a false understanding of "tolerance" as humility before sin, evil, lies and, in this case, those who struggle against God. A Christian must, precisely because of the likeness of God implanted into every human being, and for the sake of saving one's soul, point out to the Jews their deviation from the truth. This, from a Christian point of view, is the expression of true love to men, because only the conversion to true Christian faith can save a Jew. A "tolerant" indulgence for the (Talmudicized) Jews and their Satanism will only enhance their spiritual ruin and that of their many victims.

"...Jewish chauvinism and the attitude realized in the spirit of the Shulchan Aruch clearly expressed itself during the genocide against the Russian Orthodox Christian people during the 1920s and 1930s...Later, after the fall of the Soviet Union, came more plundering by the same forces. Jewish oligarchs themselves openly explained on an Israeli television program, (10.3.1996) about the sources of the revolution that they staged: "The degree of corruption in Russia entirely corresponds to the degree of transformation in Russia. I don't think that Israeli officials... have (previously) had such an opportunity to redistribute wealth worth tens, hundreds millions and billions...all this was ownerless, all this belonged to the state, all this belonged to everyone! A government official could decide with a stroke of a pen whether or not this belongs to you or someone else...A good fight which produced the result we have today" (statement of the Zionist, Berezovsky).

"Such income and such profits that could be earned in Russia could not be earned anywhere else... The greater part of capital there, 50%, belongs to Jewish business." (statement of Malkin, today a member of the Presidium of the Russian Jewish Congress). Gusinsky, the first chairman of the Russian Jewish Congress (RJC), on that same television program listed among the reasons for Zionist success in Russia the following characteristics -"toughness...fewer rules, more rule of force, more rule of aggression."

"Let us also recall that Gusinsky, while heading the RJC, was accused of financial crimes, after which he decamped for Israel with his loot. His successor in this position at the RJC, Nevzlin, went into hiding, also in Israel, after he was accused of complicity in murdering his business competitors...international Zionism protected these criminals from a Russian

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trial by crying, "Russian anti-Semitism!" Think how many similar criminals are continuing their "good fight" for power and profit in Russia.

"For the first time in a thousand years from the time of settlement of Jews in Russia we obtained real power in this country," states another Jewish journalist, E. Topol, in his "Open letter to Berezovsky, Gusinsky, Smolensky, Khodorkovsky and other oligarchs" (Argumenty I Fakty, 1998, No. 38). Here Topol and other decent Jews (for instance, I. Nudel'man - cf. Souetskaia Rossia, 6.20.02) underscore the destructive and selfish polity of Jewish oligarchs who robbed and humiliated the Russian people after the collapse of the Soviet Union, provoking the animosity of the Russians toward the Jews.

"We ask the office of the Attorney General of the Russian Federation to take into account this opinion of Topol and Nudel'man as an admission of responsibility by the Jewish side for today's heightened Russian-Jewish conflict. Furthermore, in order to retain unlawfully appropriated "ownerless" state property...this ruling class is conducting a purposeful policy of degradation of people's morals and the destruction of spiritual values, aiming to convert the people into an animalistic mass...to make it easier to rule over them and to suppress them. In this, one can see troubling signs of the spiritual degradation of our nation.

"Case in point: It was precisely certain Jews who mounted fierce resistance to the teaching in schools of the text, The bases of Orthodox (Christian) culture, and precisely due to a Jewish initiative we, the Russian people, are forbidden to indicate our nationality on our passports. The Chief Rabbi of Russia, Shaevich, in an interview with the Los Angeles Times, confirmed that it was Jews who insisted that the line for indicating nationality in a passport be removed. As the reason for this position, he stated that the "Jews have taken over high posts within the (government) administration (www.portal-credo.ru/site/print.php?act=rating&id=21). In other words, they themselves realize what impression revelation of their own nationality in a passport has on the nations of the world and therefore are trying to hide it — this speaks for itself.

"Among other numerous examples of the destruction spiritual values we would like to turn your attention, Mr. Attorney General, to the policy of the minister of culture, Shvydky, (he is now in charge of the state committee for cultural affairs) and particularly to his teleivsion program "The cultural

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revolution.' In this program, Russian patriotism and Orthodox Christianity are regularly mocked, filthy obscene language is broadcast and the idea that unrestrained "Sex is the engine of culture," is promoted (3.7,02). All protests of the Russian community against this disgraceful, essentially provocative activity of this "cultural commissar of the land" remain unsuccessful. Shvydky and his colleagues have at their disposal the major channels on Russian television, while Russian Orthodox patriots who are trying to defend themselves have only small circulation-newspapers over whose contents they are being persecuted and prosecuted...

"Statements by the Jews directed at non-Jews that are published in Jewish newspapers printed in Russia are considerably more aggressive in their vitriol than statements of accused Russian patriots. For instance, in the official newspaper of the Russian Jewish Congress titled Evreiskie novosti (Jewish news, 2002, No. 16, p. 9) Israeli Knesset deputy A. Liberman proposed forced removal of Palestinians from Israel. Note that the Palestinians —in disregard of the resolution of the UN's Security Council — have not simply been evicted from their homeland (4 million refugees), but their activists and their families are being murdered, and homes of their relatives are demolished; this is how 'Shulchan Aruch* is implemented in the policy of Israel. Yet Russian Jewry supports this: The Russian Jewish Congress, in a list of their goals, announced that it 'conducts acts of solidarity with the people of Israel and political lobbying of Israel's interests' (Jewish news, 2002, No. 15, p. 5). This goal is also being pursued by the State Institute for Israel and Near-East Studies whose leader, Satanovsky, simultaneously heads the Russian Jewish Congress.

"...they are trying to camouflage the racism in their "Shulchan Aruch" by preventive accusations of "anti-Semitism" (e.g., supposedly racial hatred) against all those who do not agree with their "morality" and their wars. Such substitution of concepts is grossly fraudulent, any should be obvious to any objective judge. For instance, the "Moscow Bureau for Human Rights," led by A. Brod, overwhelmed the Attorney General's office with numerous complaints of "antisemitic" acts, essentially obstructing the work of law enforcement agencies and demonstrating, in the process, that they understand the term "human rights" as primarily rights for Zionists.

"Accordingly, we...wish to submit to you, Mr. Attorney General, the following specific offenses (items 1-4), that are in violation Russian

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Federation laws aimed at suppressing both the theory and practice of extremism:

"1. Investigate the fact of official printing in Moscow, in Russian, by the Congress of Jewish Religious Organizations and Associations in Russia (business address: 101000 Moscow, B. Spasoglinishchevsky per., 10, str. 1) a Judaic set of rules of conduct Kitzur Shulchan Aruch that contains in its 1999 and 2001 editions directions for hating non-Jews. Please note, that this is not simply an ancient historical text, but rather a guide for action in our time, a fact underscored by the head of the Executive Committee of the CJROAR, Rabbi Z. Kogan, in the book's preface, even as the Chief Rabbi of Russia, A. Shaevich, testifies in the same preface about the enormous popularity of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch among today's Russian Jews. In Moscow, this book was distributed in numerous Jewish bookstores (for instance, at the School of Journalism of Moscow State University) and, of course, in synagogues. Quite recently, in 2004, it was on sale at the book store of a synagogue at the CJROAR's address (given above). If the book becomes identified as extremist, it will help expose and isolate one of the major sources of primary extremism in Russia...

"2. We are asking that you investigate the fact of the written admission by Rabbi Z. Kogan in the preface to the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch that its more extreme imprecations, characterized by Kogan himself as insulting to non-Jews, are being taught in the Jewish religious-education institutions, the yeshivas. Rabbi Kogan openly invites his co-religionists to visit these yeshivas to study the learn from the hateful anti-gentile texts in the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch. For a proper investigation, one should begin by analyzing "educational materials" in the recognized Moscow yeshivas, including those belonging to the Federation of Jewish Organizations of Russia under Rabbi Berl Lazar ¹¹⁹³ ...We are asking that a survey of yeshiviot educational materials is done with the participation of experts, independent interpreters specializing in Hebrew, using the excerpts from the mentioned texts of 'Talmud' and 'Shulchan Aruch' that were cited earlier...

"If the survey corroborates the admission by Rabbi Kogan, such educational materials should be banned — this will be the second important step in overcoming the primary source of extremism. However, it should be

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taken into account, that these texts constitute the foundation and essence of Judaism, which the Jews will not denounce, even if they make additional deletions in these books, simply transforming their cult of hatred into a verbal form (as they have been doing or a long time in Christian states). Therefore, for the eradication of this source of extremism, we feel it is necessary to take the obvious measures for strict observance of Russian laws, which are applied to other extremist organizations.

"3. More specifically, on the basis of Article 282 of the RF Criminal Code, the law for "counteracting extremist activity" (2002) and Article 13-5 of the RF Constitution (a "ban on establishment and operation of public associations whose goals are aimed at rousing social, racial, ethnic and religious dissension") we request that a process be officially initiated for banning in our country all religious and ethnic associations based on the dogma of the Shulchan Aruch. We also request that the individuals responsible for subsidizing these Talmudic organizations by providing them with state and municipal property, privileges, and financing, be prosecuted, regardless of their high position. Furthermore, we ask that an be conducted, into the propriety of allowing adherents of rabbinic racism, after their complicity with such extremists has been proven, to continue to occupy positions of influence within the government and the media ("the fourth government").

"4. We are asking that the results of these investigations and inquiries be taken into account not only in current trials involving Russian gentiles accused of "anti-Semitism," but in a review of all analogous prior sentences that were instigated by the Talmudists.

"Should you, Mr. Attorney General, feel that our Petition cannot be accepted for consideration, due to the fact that we did not adhere to some — unknown to us at this time— bureaucratic procedure in submitting this petition, or that we made some procedural omission — we stand ready to remedy these obstacles. All the signers of the Petition authorize those of us who submitted the Petition to you, to do so. Procedural minutiae should not serve as a pretext for rejecting our Petition as far as its subject matter is concerned.

"Please reply to the address of those who submitted the Petition.

"A copy of the Petition is being sent to the State Duma (Russian parliament), asking them to submit a deputy inquiry concerning items 1-4

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presented above. March 7/20, 2005."

A Necessary Postscript

"A preliminary version of our Petition, for the purpose of discussing it and collecting signatures, was posted on Dec. 15, 2004 at several web sites (in some cases modified by their editors) and was quickly endorsed by twenty deputies of the State Duma [national parliament] (for which we are thankful to them in spite of certain misunderstandings that followed).

"One month after its first publication, in January 2005, demands have been issued that we who have submitted this petition be punished for "incitement of ethnic strife." We are to be punished, rather than the publishers and teachers of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch. The Moscow Bureau for Human Rights and the Russian Jewish Congress have subsequently filed legal complaints with the Attorney General's office against us concerning the contents of our Petition...we were judged guilty without any substantiation of the charges against us and numerous representatives of the Russian government exerted pressure on us as well. Some of the signers of the Petition were subjected to pressure from certain government offices —and all this without any impartial examination of the contents of our Petition, or judicial investigation of the hate literature that is the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch; we were not even accorded an analysis of the Petition by the Attorney General's office! We view these actions by the authorities as unlawful.

"The enemies of truth graphically demonstrated their deceitful tactics by raising a storm of accusations against us of "anti-Semitism" — with the obvious intent to camouflage the essence of the problem, the anti-gentilism of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch and cognate rabbinic texts. This distracting tactic once again confirms our warning about the influence of Judaism and Zionism on the Russian mass media and the government power structure in our country, which is unacceptable to our sense of our civil duty and our conscience.

"We were not striving to maximize the number of signatures on the Petition, because the amount is not what matters. Nevertheless, we suppose that millions of our countrymen, including not only Russian gentiles and Orthodox Christians, but representatives of other ethnic groups and confessions, would add their signatures if they had the opportunity (this became clear, for instance, in a poll conducted during the broadcast of the TV

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program "K bar'eru" on NTV, Feb. 3, 2005). We are aware that many people sent letters to the Attorney General's office in support of this Petition. In some cities ad-hoc groups submitted similar Petitions to local law enforcement agencies concerning the activities of local rabbinic organizations that have as their guidelines for relating to gentiles and the Christian Church, the ethics and behavior recommended by the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch...Accordingly, we believe that the first objective of our Petition has been achieved: the issue concerning the self-incriminating, gentile-hating doctrine imparted by the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch can no longer hidden from the public. Now there is an opportunity for publicly discussing it. The attitude toward this controversy on the part of various authorities, politicians, and public and religious activists clearly defines the front line in the present battle waged against Russia: revealing the identity of those willing to stand up for the interests of our people and those who are ready to surrender our nation because of "the fear of the Jews." We are hoping that in law enforcement and the Attorney General's office, there will be found sufficiently courageous and honest individuals who are capable of doing their duty and will take up a position for which they will not be ashamed before the people and before God."

Signed: Anikin V., editor-in-chief of newspaper Astraxanskaja derzhava Antonov V. V., editor of journal Imperskij vestnik (St. Petersburg) Belov V. I., writer, winner of the Vologda award Budjanov V. P., editor-in-chief of newspaper Pamjat (Novosibirsk) Burov Pavel, Russian Orthodox priest (Moskva) Vardugin V. I., deputy editor-in-chief of journal Volga (Saratov) Varsonofij (Samarin), Russian Orthodox abbot (Stavropol'skij kraj) Gorelikov P. N., lieutenant-colonel, head of "Pravoslavnye oficery" (Krasnodar)

Grjaznov V. L., editor-in-chief of newspaper Russkij front Moskovii (Moskva) Dzikovickij A. V,, editor-in-chief of newspaper Kazachij Vzgljad (Obninsk, Kaluzhskoj obi.)

Dushenov K. editor-in-chief of Rus' Pravoslavnaja (St. Peterburg) Egorov A. G., editor of newspaper Vitjaz (Barnaul) Ershkov K. I., chairman of Orthodox Russian-Serbian brotherhood (Moskva)