Gershon Burstein

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Gershon Burstein
גרשון מאיר בורשטיין
Personal
Born	Terevan, Armenia
Religion	Judaism
Synagogue	23 Nar-Dos Steet, Yerevan

Gershon-Meir Burshtein (Modern Hebrew: גרשון מאיר בורשטיין) — is an Armenian Jew and chief Rabbi of Armenia.

Biography

In 1991, he was among the initiative group that organized the Jewish religious community of Armenia.

In 1995, he returned to Armenia as the chief rabbi of Armenia, envoy of the Lubavitcher Rebbe and representative of the international charitable foundation "Or Avner". With sponsorship, he purchased a building for the Jewish Religious Community Center of Armenia “Mordechai Navi”, named in memory of the destroyed Yerevan synagogue.

In 2012, he called on Israel to recognize the Armenian genocide.

External links

• Chief Rabbi of Armenia condemns attacks against Christian priests in Jerusalem
• The Chief Rabbi of Armenia called another attack on a synagogue in Yerevan a provocation
• The world stands on two legs - one in Israel, the other in Armenia