822:
25:
799:
290:. His wife and children were murdered by Nazis during World War II. In 1972, after the death of Leib Levin, Fishman was elected the chief rabbi of Moscow. In 1976, he was a member of the delegation of religious leaders led by Bishop
369:
362:
294:
that visited the US. In interviews to the US press he denied there was religious persecution in the Soviet Union. Thanks to the visit, a number of young Jews got the opportunity to study at the
355:
1000:
324:
898:
867:
302:
908:
862:
42:
512:
990:
295:
1010:
857:
572:
563:
89:
903:
108:
61:
576:
439:
419:
1005:
995:
542:
68:
532:
424:
46:
821:
122:
75:
652:
522:
1020:
57:
707:
449:
803:
35:
517:
929:
609:
382:
459:
280:
180:
1015:
949:
924:
893:
872:
629:
342:
985:
980:
826:
82:
444:
347:
959:
753:
291:
687:
594:
537:
954:
768:
697:
527:
268:
642:
614:
604:
584:
477:
773:
748:
743:
647:
619:
599:
467:
974:
758:
733:
702:
692:
682:
589:
492:
487:
472:
414:
763:
738:
677:
559:
221:
712:
657:
434:
276:
24:
728:
245:
126:
637:
482:
378:
429:
134:
877:
798:
287:
217:
343:
http://www.jta.org/1983/06/07/archive/rabbi-jacob-fishman-dead-at-70
351:
18:
298:, the only such institution in the Communist bloc countries.
308:
He died of a heart attack on 4 June 1983 in Moscow.
942:
917:
886:
850:
843:
812:
789:
782:
721:
670:
628:
571:
558:
551:
505:
458:
407:
400:
254:
244:
236:
228:
206:
191:
186:
175:
146:
49:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
286:Fishman studied at the rabbinical seminary of
363:
275:; 20 March 1913 – 4 June 1983) served as the
8:
899:American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
301:On 28 April 1983, Yakov Fishman joined the "
868:Anti-Zionist Committee of the Soviet Public
303:Anti-Zionist Committee of the Soviet Public
909:National Coalition Supporting Soviet Jewry
847:
786:
568:
555:
404:
370:
356:
348:
143:
863:Communist Party of the Russian Federation
109:Learn how and when to remove this message
1001:Jewish anti-Zionism in the Soviet Union
317:
7:
47:adding citations to reliable sources
858:Communist Party of the Soviet Union
513:Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affair
564:Commonwealth of Independent States
14:
904:Union of Councils for Soviet Jews
820:
797:
440:Emigration from the Eastern Bloc
420:Antisemitism in the Soviet Union
23:
543:Dissolution of the Soviet Union
296:rabbinical seminary of Budapest
34:needs additional citations for
533:Freedom Sunday for Soviet Jews
1:
392:
250:Rabbinical seminary of Moscow
123:Eastern Slavic naming customs
991:Anti-Zionist Orthodox rabbis
1011:Orthodox rabbis from Russia
1037:
708:Menachem Mendel Schneerson
450:Anti-cosmopolitan campaign
121:In this name that follows
120:
389:
272:
171:
160:
156:
58:"Yakov Leybovich Fishman"
383:1990s post-Soviet aliyah
523:Jackson–Vanik amendment
281:Moscow Choral Synagogue
265:Yakov Leybovich Fishman
181:Moscow Choral Synagogue
151:Yakov Leybovich Fishman
1006:Modern Orthodox rabbis
996:Chief rabbis of Russia
950:Russian Jews in Israel
16:Russian Orthodox rabbi
894:Jewish Defense League
873:Moscow Helsinki Group
273:Яков Лейбович Фишман
43:improve this article
283:from 1972 to 1983.
179:Chief Rabbi of the
1021:Rabbis from Moscow
754:Benjamin Netanyahu
328:, Jun 9, 1983
968:
967:
938:
937:
839:
838:
835:
834:
827:Nicolae Ceaușescu
804:Władysław Gomułka
688:George H. W. Bush
666:
665:
595:Mikhail Gorbachev
538:Operation Solomon
501:
500:
326:Spokane Chronicle
262:
261:
119:
118:
111:
93:
1028:
955:Yisrael BaAliyah
848:
825:
824:
802:
801:
787:
769:Nehemiah Levanon
698:Henry M. Jackson
653:Eduard Kuznetsov
569:
556:
528:Helsinki Accords
405:
394:
372:
365:
358:
349:
330:
322:
274:
240:Orthodox Judaism
213:
201:
199:
165:
144:
114:
107:
103:
100:
94:
92:
51:
27:
19:
1036:
1035:
1031:
1030:
1029:
1027:
1026:
1025:
971:
970:
969:
964:
934:
913:
882:
831:
819:
808:
796:
778:
717:
662:
643:Natan Sharansky
624:
615:Adolf Shayevich
605:David Dragunsky
585:Leonid Brezhnev
562:
547:
497:
454:
396:
385:
376:
339:
334:
333:
323:
319:
314:
246:Alma mater
224:
215:
211:
197:
195:
166:
161:
152:
149:
142:
115:
104:
98:
95:
52:
50:
40:
28:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1034:
1032:
1024:
1023:
1018:
1013:
1008:
1003:
998:
993:
988:
983:
973:
972:
966:
965:
963:
962:
957:
952:
946:
944:
940:
939:
936:
935:
933:
932:
927:
921:
919:
915:
914:
912:
911:
906:
901:
896:
890:
888:
884:
883:
881:
880:
875:
870:
865:
860:
854:
852:
845:
841:
840:
837:
836:
833:
832:
830:
829:
816:
814:
810:
809:
807:
806:
793:
791:
784:
780:
779:
777:
776:
774:Yehuda Lapidot
771:
766:
761:
756:
751:
749:Yitzhak Shamir
746:
744:Menachem Begin
741:
736:
731:
725:
723:
719:
718:
716:
715:
710:
705:
700:
695:
690:
685:
680:
674:
672:
668:
667:
664:
663:
661:
660:
655:
650:
648:Yuli Edelstein
645:
640:
634:
632:
626:
625:
623:
622:
620:Emomali Rahmon
617:
612:
607:
602:
600:Mikhail Suslov
597:
592:
587:
581:
579:
573:Pro-government
566:
553:
549:
548:
546:
545:
540:
535:
530:
525:
520:
515:
509:
507:
503:
502:
499:
498:
496:
495:
490:
485:
480:
475:
470:
464:
462:
456:
455:
453:
452:
447:
442:
437:
432:
427:
422:
417:
411:
409:
402:
398:
397:
390:
387:
386:
377:
375:
374:
367:
360:
352:
346:
345:
338:
335:
332:
331:
316:
315:
313:
310:
260:
259:
256:
252:
251:
248:
242:
241:
238:
234:
233:
230:
226:
225:
216:
214:(aged 70)
208:
204:
203:
202:March 20, 1913
193:
189:
188:
184:
183:
177:
173:
172:
169:
168:
158:
157:
154:
153:
150:
147:
117:
116:
31:
29:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1033:
1022:
1019:
1017:
1016:Soviet rabbis
1014:
1012:
1009:
1007:
1004:
1002:
999:
997:
994:
992:
989:
987:
984:
982:
979:
978:
976:
961:
958:
956:
953:
951:
948:
947:
945:
941:
931:
930:Jewish Agency
928:
926:
923:
922:
920:
916:
910:
907:
905:
902:
900:
897:
895:
892:
891:
889:
887:United States
885:
879:
876:
874:
871:
869:
866:
864:
861:
859:
856:
855:
853:
849:
846:
844:Organisations
842:
828:
823:
818:
817:
815:
811:
805:
800:
795:
794:
792:
788:
785:
781:
775:
772:
770:
767:
765:
762:
760:
759:Simcha Dinitz
757:
755:
752:
750:
747:
745:
742:
740:
737:
735:
734:Yitzhak Rabin
732:
730:
727:
726:
724:
720:
714:
711:
709:
706:
704:
703:Charles Vanik
701:
699:
696:
694:
693:George Shultz
691:
689:
686:
684:
683:Ronald Reagan
681:
679:
676:
675:
673:
671:United States
669:
659:
656:
654:
651:
649:
646:
644:
641:
639:
636:
635:
633:
631:
627:
621:
618:
616:
613:
611:
610:Yakov Fishman
608:
606:
603:
601:
598:
596:
593:
591:
590:Yuri Andropov
588:
586:
583:
582:
580:
578:
574:
570:
567:
565:
561:
557:
554:
550:
544:
541:
539:
536:
534:
531:
529:
526:
524:
521:
519:
516:
514:
511:
510:
508:
504:
494:
493:Georgian Jews
491:
489:
488:Bukharan Jews
486:
484:
481:
479:
476:
474:
473:Mountain Jews
471:
469:
466:
465:
463:
461:
460:Jewish groups
457:
451:
448:
446:
445:Slánský trial
443:
441:
438:
436:
433:
431:
428:
426:
425:Joseph Stalin
423:
421:
418:
416:
415:The Holocaust
413:
412:
410:
406:
403:
399:
388:
384:
381:movement and
380:
373:
368:
366:
361:
359:
354:
353:
350:
344:
341:
340:
336:
329:
327:
321:
318:
311:
309:
306:
304:
299:
297:
293:
289:
284:
282:
278:
270:
266:
257:
253:
249:
247:
243:
239:
235:
231:
227:
223:
219:
209:
205:
194:
190:
185:
182:
178:
174:
170:
164:
159:
155:
145:
140:
136:
133: and the
132:
128:
124:
113:
110:
102:
91:
88:
84:
81:
77:
74:
70:
67:
63:
60: –
59:
55:
54:Find sources:
48:
44:
38:
37:
32:This article
30:
26:
21:
20:
851:Soviet Union
764:Avraham Burg
739:Shimon Peres
678:Jimmy Carter
560:Soviet Union
518:1970s aliyah
395:1970 – 2000)
325:
320:
307:
300:
285:
264:
263:
237:Denomination
222:Soviet Union
212:(1983-06-04)
210:June 4, 1983
162:
138:
130:
105:
96:
86:
79:
72:
65:
53:
41:Please help
36:verification
33:
986:1983 deaths
981:1913 births
713:Meir Kahane
658:Iosif Begun
577:antisemitic
435:Six-Day War
277:Chief Rabbi
229:Nationality
135:family name
975:Categories
813:Pro-Jewish
790:Pro-Soviet
729:Golda Meir
468:Ashkenazim
401:Background
312:References
255:Occupation
198:1913-03-20
127:patronymic
69:newspapers
960:Channel 9
943:Aftermath
638:Ida Nudel
483:Krymchaks
379:Refusenik
167:1972–1983
163:In office
131:Leybovich
187:Personal
99:May 2016
430:Zionism
337:Sources
292:Juvenal
279:of the
269:Russian
139:Fishman
83:scholar
918:Israel
878:Pamyat
722:Israel
630:Jewish
552:People
506:Events
478:Karaim
408:Causes
288:Moscow
232:Soviet
218:Moscow
125:, the
85:
78:
71:
64:
56:
925:Nativ
783:Other
258:Rabbi
176:Title
148:Rabbi
90:JSTOR
76:books
207:Died
192:Born
62:news
305:".
137:is
129:is
45:by
977::
393:c.
271::
220:,
575:/
391:(
371:e
364:t
357:v
267:(
200:)
196:(
141:.
112:)
106:(
101:)
97:(
87:·
80:·
73:·
66:·
39:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
