During a skit at the Nikulin Circus in Moscow recently the performers simulated a “Jewish Wedding,” with the leading roles being filled by four monkeys, acting as the bride, groom and their parents.
“It was humiliating, embarrassing and even spine-chilling. My 14-year-old daughter Linoy was shocked. She was so upset she wanted to throw trash into the ring to make it stop,” Micky Saidov, an Israeli businessman living in Russia, told Ynet News after seeing the show.
Following the incident, he decided to send a letter to the Israeli embassy in Moscow to inform them of the show’s content.
“I wanted to bring their attention to this very anti-Semitic, offensive, strident and chilling point with regards to Jewish feelings,” he said.
In response, Maxim Nikulin, one of the circus’ owners said, “I have a Jewish friend and he told me that every people has its fools.”
The monkeys’ trainer Aziz Askarian said, “We consulted with representatives of the Jewish cultural center and they approved of everything. Moveover, they gave us advice on lighting that was imported from Israel.”
– Yael Levy – YNet News
i was there i went to russia for pesach and we went to that circus it was amazing and i was lmao
i was there at that exact time i was watching the show on chol hamoed pesach it was funny
Are in your right mind, ignorant, naive, or all the above?
from the way you commented you surely never visited russia, and centainly never actually suffered from any antisemitism,.
i experienced it first hand!
and this is not a matter to joke about, but must be stopped as soon as possible, so no forther hatred comes to harm any jew.
this was just done for fun, it was NOT anti-semitism, I think; to 1-4 and everyone else, get a life!
The trainer says that “every people has fools” well in that case they should have dressed the Bears as Russians(Russia is also reffered to as The Bear) since they fit much better the description of a fool.
it was given by the israeli’s
What does the lighting have to do with Judaism???????
Lets see how their democracy, deals with this situation!