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Israeli President Opens Moscow Jewish Museum
(RIA Novosti-Russia) Israeli President Shimon Peres officially opened a new Jewish Museum and Center of Tolerance in Moscow on Thursday. The museum aims to demonstrate Jewish cultural traditions and customs and also show the history of Russia through the prism of one ethnic group, organizers say. The Center of Tolerance will provide a platform for dialog on issues of tolerance, mutual understanding, respect and intercultural relations. Peres took the opportunity to reiterate Israel's criticism of Iran, describing the Iranian authorities as "negators of the Holocaust who want to perpetrate a new Holocaust." "We are praying that Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama pool their efforts in putting an end to terror and threats, to free mankind from bloodshed and despair," Peres said.