JTA
A 23-year-old Jewish woman from Moscow was killed in what police are treating as a murder.
Irina Tsipisheva, known also as Rivka, went missing on May 15, a day after returning from a trip organized by the local Chabad Jewish community, the news website Jewish.ru reported Wednesday.
Police believe the crime was not connected to her activity within the Jewish community, where she was a member of the Yachad youth group, a Moscow-based rabbi told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Violent hate crimes against Jews are extremely rare in Russia.
According to the report, she and a friend hitched a ride that day. The driver dropped off the friend and Tsipisheva stayed in the car. Her body was found the following week bearing signs of violence. She was buried Monday in Moscow.
The driver was arrested. Police regard him as the primary suspect in Tsipisheva’s alleged murder.
Baruch Dayan Ha’emes.
הנערה היהודייה רבקה (אירנה) ציפישווע, נעלמה לפני 4 ימים, לאחר שעלתה על מונית לא רשמית בדרכה לביתה.
צעירים יהודים רבים מתנדבים מטעם הקהילה היהודית המרכזית ״מארינה רושצ׳ה״ התגייסו לחיפושים נרחבים, בשיתוף עם משטרת מוסקבה, המעבירה עדכונים שוטפים למשפחתה.
עדכונים בהמשך. pic.twitter.com/u1vpFqsvdk— ShiyeשייעШие (@shiye10) May 19, 2019
Of course it says “Violent hate crimes against Jews are extremely rare in Russia” because Russia is a communistic dictatorship that needs to appear like it’s good to the Jews, but in reality it is no utopia for Jews there.
If that’s what you think, than you sure are wrong. Because Russia is not under dictatorship, and neither is it under a communist government. You’ve never been to Russia, so how would you know? Russia IS a place for Jews, one of the reasons being that a lot of the Rebbeim lived in Russia during times of turmoil. There is Anti-Semitism in Russia, but it’s moderate. I know this because I’ve been in Russia. Russia probably has around a million Jews living in it, so don’t tell me that it’s bad for people there. It is so messed up that… Read more »
Nobody should tremp. Better take a reputable taxi or a bus. We live in an insane world.