BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 27. The Rabbinical Center of Europe has addressed a letter to President of Israel Isaac Herzog condemning the demonization campaign launched by Armenia against Azerbaijan, Trend reports.
"As rabbis serving the Jewish communities across the European continent, we are writing to you following interviews given by senior Armenian government officials in the international media on matters related to the political conflict with the government of Azerbaijan. They employed the language and comparisons that are appropriate solely to describe the deliberate, systematic and largest genocide in the history of mankind, which the Jewish people have been subjected to: The Holocaust.
During WW the Jewish people were persecuted, murdered, butchered, burned, tortured, drowned and buried alive. The Holocaust was not limited to a single place but occurred throughout almost the entire European continent and with the collaboration of too many nations.
Such words as "ghetto", "genocide", "Holocaust" and the like in no uncertain terms inappropriate to be part of the jargon used in any kind of political disagreement.
Usage of these terms belittles the terrible suffering experienced by the Holocaust victims and the entire Jewish people, which still bears the indescribable pain of the largest tragedy ever experienced by a single group.
We call upon you to explicitly and unequivocally clarify to the Government of Armenia and all other countries that they should recognize and respect the terrible human suffering endured by the Jewish. We urge you to make them aware that the practice of minimizing and downplaying the suffering of the Jewish people for furthering any political agenda through the continued use of Holocaust-related ohrases should be ceased immediately and completely.
Rabbi Shmuel Pinson, MAALE Jewish Community, Brussels, Belgium
Rabbi Mendel Wishedski, Etterbeek Jewish Community, Brussels, Belgium
Rabbi Shlomo Kovesh, Chief Rabbi of EMIH Jewish Community, Budapest, Hungary
Rabbi Shmuel Glitsenstein, 13* quarter Jewish Community of Budapest, Hungary
Rabbi Yitzchak Shatil, 11th quarter Jewish Community of Budapest, Hungary
Rabbi Chaim Shaul Glitsenstein, Ahavat Achim Community, Budapest, Hungary
Rabbi Shalom Eisenberg, Students Jewish Community, Budapest, Hungary
Rabbi Mordechai Beck, Ohel Ester Jewish Community, Budapest, Hungary
Rabbi Shmuel Oyrechman, Pesti Shtibel, 6th quarter, Budapest, Hungary
Rabbi Asher Feit, Old synagogue of Budapest, Hungary
Rabbi Shlomo, Chief Rabbi of Lugansk Jewish Community, Ukraine
Rabbi Shlomo Salamon, Chief Rabbi of Kremenchuk, Ukraine
Rabbi Shalom Gottlib, Chief Rabbi of Mikolaev, Ukraine
Rabbi Shalom Horowitz, Teleki Ter Jewish Community, Budapest, Hungary
Rabbi Yehoushua Fux, Mishkoltz Jewish Community, Hungary
Rabbi Moshe Thaler, Chief Rabbi of Berdychiv, Ukraine
Rabbi Yossef Teitelbaum, Chief Rabbi of Khmelnitsky, Ukraine
Rabbi Shaul Wilhelm, Chief Rabbi of Vinnitsa, Ukraine
Rabbi Shneur Shneorson, Chief Rabbi of Rivne, Ukraine
Rabbi Chaim Rabinowicz, Chief Rabbi of Brisk, Belarus
Rabbi Yaakov Amram, Etz HaChaim Jewish Community, Paris, France
Rabbi Levi Stambler, Chief Rabbi of Kamyanske, Ukraine
Rabbi Shneor Zalman Deitch, Chief Rabbi of Hadyach, Ukraine
Rabbi Dov Axelrot, Chief Rabbi of Cherkassy, Ukraine
Rabbi Levi Gotlib, Hanover Jewish Community, Germany
Rabbi Avraham Pinchas Edrei, Paris Jewish Community, France
Rabbi Yochanan Rokach, Paris Jewish Community, France
Rabbi David Cohen, Sarcelles Jewish Community, France
Rabbi Levi Israel, Grenoble Jewish Community, France
Rabbi Ilan Levi, Paris 17 quarter Jewish Community, France
Rabbi Yossef Kobbei, Creteile Jewish Community, France
Rabbi Yossef Engelberg, France
Rabbi David Gitell, Paris Jewish Community, France
Rabbi Meir Holtzberg, Chief Rabbi of Bila Tzerkva, Ukraine
Rabbi Yossef Yitschak Segal, Chief Rabbi of Poltava, Ukraine
Rabbi Dan Zakuta, Kropivnitsky Jewish Community, Ukraine
Rabbi Menachen Cohen, Chief Rabbi of Mariupol Community, Ukraine
Rabbi Shlomo Bechor, Lebanese Jewish Community Milan, Italy
Rabbi Yossef Hadad, Milan Jewish Community, Italy
Rabbi Yigal Chazan, Beit Menachem Jewish Community, Milan, Italy
Rabbi Yirmiya Cohen, Head of Paris Rabbinical court, France
Rabbi Israel Lichtenstein, Head of Federation of Synagogues rabbinical court, UK
Rabbi Yitschak Rubin, Manchester Jewish Community, UK
Rabbi Baruch Oberloander, Head of Budapest Rabbinical court, Hungary
Rabbi Eliezer Schneebalg, Head of Edgware Rabbinical court, London, UK
Rabbi Michael Szmerla, Head of Strasbourg Rabbinical court, France
Rabbi Avraham David, head of sefarad Rabbinical court, London, UK
Rabbi Pinchas Padwa, Chief Rabbi of Antwerp, Belgium
Rabbi Yaakov D. Schmahal, Rabbinical Judge, Antwerp Community, Belgium
Rabbi Avraham Hazan, Kehilot Yaakov Jewish Community, Milan, Italy
Rabbi Moshe Tuvia Weisberger, Head of Budapest Rabbinical court, Hungary
Rabbi Shlomo Bistritski, Chief Rabbi of Hamburg, Germany
Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs, Chief Rabbi of the Netherlands
Rabbi Ron Chasid, Chief Rabbi of Gibraltar
Rabbi Yitzchak Niazov, Chief Rabbi Sefard Jewish Community, Vienna, Austria
Rabbi Levi Raskin, Rabbinical Judge, London, UK
Rabbi Levi Kahan, Rabbinical Judge, Paris, France
Rabbi Shmuel Brodman, Chief Rabbi of Munich, Germany
Rabbi Yehuda Teichtel, Chief Rabbi of Berlin, Germany
Rabbi Mordechai Bald, Chief Rabbi of Lviv, Ukraine
Rabbi Baruch Myers, Chief Rabbi of Slovakia
Rabbi Shlomo Wilhelm, Chief Rabbi of Zhitomir, Ukraine
Rabbi Yossef Amar, Seine et Marne, France
Rabbi Shmuel Houri, Tunisian Jewish Community, Paris, France
Rabbi Yaakov Biderman, Heichal Menachem Community, Vienna, Austria
Rabbi Yechiel Brand, Sarcelles Jewish Community, France
Rabbi Yosef Pevzner, Sinai Jewish Community, Paris, France
Rabbi Avraham Nino Dayan, Rabbi of Livorno, Italy
Rabbi Zeev Raskin, Chief Rabbi of Cyprus Rabbi Chai Amram, Marseille Jewish Community, France
Rabbi Shmuel Kot, Chief Rabbi of Estonia
Rabbi Daniel Ashkenazi, Barcelona Jewish Community, Spain
Rabbi Pinchas Zaklas, Menorah Jewish Community, Zagreb, Croatia
Rabbi Avishalom Kalazan, Seferad Jewish Community, Antwerp, Belgium
Rabbi Shmuel Katzman, Chief Rabbi of Den Haag, the Netherlands
Rabbi Eliezer Gourary, Krakow Jewish Community, Poland Rabbi Doron Achiel, Netzach Israel Jewish Community, London, UK
Rabbi Chaim Segal, Jewish Community, Malta Rabbi Netanel Teitelbaum, Bremen Jewish Community, Germany
Rabbi Yosef Salamon, Chief Rabbi of Bulgaria
Rabbi Menachm Glitsenstein, Chief Rabbi of Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Rabbi Arie Edelkopf, Chief Rabbi of Montenegro
Rabbi Elazar Bitton, Chaarei Tzion Jewish Community, Brussels, Belgium
Rabbi Menachem Gurevich, Offenbach Jewish Community, Germany
Rabbi Menachem Wilhelm, Chief Rabbi of Uzhhorod, Ukraine
Rabbi Shaul Wilhelm, Oslo, Norway
Rabbi Yosef David, Rabbinical Judge, London, UK
Rabbi Shneur Havlin, Jewish Community of Dresden, Germany
Rabbi Mendel Lewin, Nijmegen Jewish Community, The Netherlands
Rabbi Shmuel Feigin, Chief Rabbi of Debrecen, Hungary
Rabbi Moshe Fima, Minsk, Belarus
Rabbi Shmuel Raskin, Keren Or Jewish Community, Budapest, Hungary
Rabbi Menachem Chadad, Chief Rabbi of Brussels, Belgium
Rabbi Chanan Halevi Levin, Jewish Community of Avignon, France
Rabbi Yehoshua Kaminetski, Belgrade, Serbia
Rabbi Michael Rosenblum, The European Synagogue, Brussels, Belgium
Rabbi Arye Goldberg, General Director, Rabbinical Centre of Europe
Rabbi Shneor Levitin - LARNACA Jewish Community, Cyprus
Rabbi Yair Baitz - LIMASSOL Jewish Community, Cyprus
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Raskin - NICOSIA Jewish Community, Cyprus
Rabbi Zushe Neymark - AYIA NAPA Jewish Community, Cyprus
Rabbi Yizchak Eisenbach - PAPHOS Jewish Community, Cyprus
Rabbi Jehoshua Raskin - LUBAVITCHSKI CENTRE KIPRA
Rabbi Levi Yudkin - LARNACA Jewish Community, Cyprus
Rabbi Moshe Friedman - LARNACA Jewish Community, Cyprus
Rabbi Israel Netanelov, Bet Halevi Jewish Community, Vienna, Austria
Rabbi Assaf Portal, Ohel Leah Jewish Community, London, UK
Rabbi Aharaon Levi, Jewish Community of Malaga, Spain
Rabbi Menachem Attal, Marbella Jewish Community, Spain
Rabbi Yaakov Levin, Jewish Community of Ceuta, Spain
Rabbi Meir Shlomo Bitton, Marseille Jewish Community, France
Rabbi Yossef Halperin, Varna Jewish Community, Bulgaria
Rabbi Shmuel Senanas, Nice Jewish Community, France
Rabbi Arie Epergan, Paris Jewish Community, France
Rabbi David Dadush, Paris Jewish Community, France
Rabbi Dov Lalouch, Paris Jewish Community, France
Rabbi Yaakov Ekshtein, Stamford hill Jewish Community, London,
UK
Rabbi Chneour Yitzchak, Sainte-Marie Jewish Community, Paris, France
Rabbi David Schunak, Rabbinical Judge, Milan, Italy
Rabbi Mordechai Mendelsson, Karlsruhe Jewish Community, Germany".