Moses statue gets cold shoulder from Siberia rabbi Chabad envoy Eli Riss, who serves as Birobidzhan’s chief rabbi, denies backing plan he says violates halachic ban on idols By JTA 22 April 2016 ...

Valery Gurevich, a founding member of Birobidzhan’s current Jewish community of 4,000 people, told authorities that Riss supported his plan to erect a statue of Moses in Birobidzhan, Riss said.

Ivan Mestrovic, the sculptor, today confirmed here that he has presented his two-ton statue of Moses to the State of Israel “in deep appreciation of the contribution which the Jewish people have ...

Valery Gurevich, a founding member of Birobidzhan’s current Jewish community of 4,000 people, told authorities that Riss supported his plan to erect a statue of Moses in Birobidzhan, Riss said.

A gold statue of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is taken down at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on Dec. 6, 2016. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90 Israel recently got two new statues of ...

Eli, who was brought to Israel on Operation Moses at age 16, speaks with a tone heavy from the weight and trauma of a long and difficult journey. “We walked for days without food or water,” he ...

A celebration marking four decades since Israel’s Operation Moses rescued Ethiopian Jews by bringing them to Israel was held by the government in Jerusalem this past week.. Prime Minister ...

MAHWAH, N.J. (CBSNewYork) - For the last four decades, a statue of Moses has been just as nomadic as the biblical figure. An artist in New Jersey is trying to find a permanent home for one of her ...