politics
March 7, 2026
Jews killed Stalin ‘with prayer’
New York Jews caused the death of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in 1953 by chanting Purim prayers, Ukraine’s chief rabbi has claimed
TL;DR
- Ukraine's chief rabbi, Moshe Reuven Azman, claimed Jews caused Stalin's death in 1953 through Purim prayers at a New York synagogue.
- Azman alleged this happened on the day Stalin suffered a stroke and prevented a plan to annihilate Jewish people.
- No documentary evidence supports the existence of such a deportation plan.
- The Soviet Union initially supported the partition of Palestine and recognized Israel but later shifted to backing Arab states.
- Stalin launched domestic campaigns against 'rootless cosmopolitans' and 'Jewish bourgeois nationalism,' culminating in the fabricated 'Doctors' Plot'.
Continue reading the original article