Unfortunately, when Israel transferred ownership of the Czar's Jerusalem coumpound to Russia, they basically accepted the Russian state's legal ownership of property stolen by the Bolsheviks, including the Guenzberg manuscripts.
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02/17/2010 4:03:00 PM PST by
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Israeli officials said afterward that due to the improved relations between Jerusalem and Moscow, Russian officials will "positively consider" Israel's request. We can pray.
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Though Israel might make this appeal based on the recent re-flowering of religion throughout Russian society. I never thought, for example, that I'd see Russian Orthodox icons floating about in space during my lifetime. But there they are:
I'd bet an American astronaut would be in some trouble these days for carrying such objects into orbit, no less putting them on display.
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02/17/2010 7:34:03 PM PST by
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02/19/2010 8:20:54 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
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