(JTA) — Russian prosecutors confiscated books from a Jewish Chabad school in the city of Yekaterinburg following complaints that its students were taught to hate non-Jews.
The Or Avner school in Russia’s third largest city was raided last week, according to a report Wednesday on the Russian news website kommersant.ru.
Prosecutors had launched an investigation following a complaint by a parent of a student in the high school division of Or Avner, the report said. The parent said the teachings at the school infringe on the rights of members of other faiths.
An unnamed member of the Jewish community of Yekaterinburg, on the Europe-Asia border, told Kommersant that his community has appealed to the office of Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the investigation, which the unnamed source said was unfounded and based on false information.
The Russian Jewish Congress also protested the move.
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