Alexander Boroda (pictured above), the head of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia (FEOR), announced plans for large-scale construction of Jewish infrastructure in Moscow during a meeting with journalists. «According to Jewish tradition, Jews have always settled near a synagogue, as it is forbidden to use transportation on Saturdays and holidays. There are areas in Moscow where there is still no Jewish community, such as the area near Varshavskoe Shosse, generally in the south of Moscow. There is a need to open a new community on Michurinsky Prospekt, because many Jewish families live there. We would like to open about 20 small Jewish communities in different areas of the city, but this will not happen in one day,» he said. According to him, the Moscow authorities are currently helping to open new synagogues in New Moscow.
Immediately it should be noted that Muslims are the last to protest against the opening of even 20 or 200 synagogues or any other religious institutions of people of Scripture in Russian cities. Against the background of the surrounding debauchery and dishonesty, the desire of people to at least mention the name of God cannot fail to arouse respect. However, we cannot help but be outraged by the policy of double standards. For example, the plans expressed in the past by the Council of Muftis of Russia to build an equal number of mosques in Moscow caused a wave of indignation and accusations of attempts at Islamization. This is despite the fact that the number of Muslims in Moscow is incomparably larger than the number of Jews, and Islam is the second largest religious community in the country, the majority of whose representatives live in their own lands as part of Russia.
The argument that the current Jewish community in Moscow is made up of assimilated «Russian Jews,» unlike the Muslim guest workers, does not work. After all, «Russian Jews» openly write on their social media platforms that the face of the Jewish community in Moscow has radically changed in recent years. And today it includes not only European Ashkenazim, but also mainly mountain Jews and even Sephardic Jews, who are no less different from «native Muscovites» than most visitors to Moscow’s mosques.
Nevertheless, no one directs anger and accusations of attempting to «Judaize» the motherland of Russia at Russian Jews. And this despite the fact that such a statement is made against the backdrop of the Russian-Israeli conflicts in Syria, which indicates the full confidence of the leaders of the Jewish community in their position in Russia. In such cases, the Romans used to say that what is permitted to Jupiter (God) is not permitted to a bull. And these examples clearly show who is Jupiter and who is the bull in Russia.