Activity
At the beginning of the 2006 school year, CJROAR issued a press-release in which it appealed to Jews of Russia and heads of Jewish communities with a request to inform the Chief Rabbinate of Russia about facts of compulsory attendance of the subject "Basics of the Christian Orthodox culture", assignment of examinations in Shabbat and other problems, dealing with impossibility of adhering to Jewish religious norms.
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