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    JEWISH COMMUNITY ASSISTS FAMILY OF PLANE CRASH VICTIM

    Federation of Jewish Communitites of CIS, Russia
    May 4 2006

    SOCHI, Russia - Last night, an A-320 airplane routed to fly from the
    Armenian capital of Yerevan to the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi
    ended up crashing in the sea just 500 meters off the coast. Upon
    arriving at the accident site, the Russian search and rescue team
    discovered that all of the 105 passengers and 8 crew members have died.

    Rabbi Arie Edelkopf, the Chief Rabbi of Sochi and a Chabad Lubavitch
    emissary, arrived to the site together with the rescue team. He
    discovered that one Jewish person, who happens to be a citizen of
    Armenia, was among the passengers to die on this tragic day. "With
    the help of the rescue team, we will find the remains of this person
    in order to bury him in accordance with Jewish national traditions,"
    said Rabbi Edelkopf in reaction to this tragedy and the local Jewish
    community's response.

    The Chief Rabbi of Armenia, Rabbi Gersh Burshtein, has already been
    in contact with the family of the Jew whose life ended with this
    airplane accident. He informed them about the carrying out of the
    search for their loved-one at the accident site and promised to
    provide the family every assistance possible.

    Because of the catastrophe, Armenia and Russia have declared May,
    5th the day of national mourning.

    Both the Jewish communities of Armenia and the Jewish community
    of Russia send their condolences to the families of this terrible
    accident.
    From: Baghdasarian
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