20.02.2013                      10.Adar. 5773

Jüdische Welt:

Disputed Jewish texts to stay in Russia, Putin says

A Washington judge in January ordered Russia to pay $50,000 a day in fines for failure to adhere to a 2010 ruling to return collection.

A disputed collection of Jewish writings will remain in Russia because returning it to a New York-based group would set a precedent paving the way for more such claims dating back to Soviet times, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday….