Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar said the security of Jewish sites in Kyrgyzstan must be guaranteed.

�Berel Lazar has sent an urgent letter to the Kyrgyz government, requesting that Jewish centers be protected,� the rabbi�s spokesman Andrey Glotser told Interfax-Religion.

Lazar�s letter, which was in reaction to a synagogue explosion in Bishkek, says that attempts were made to attack Jewish establishments during the unrest in Kyrgyzstan. Police pledged then that the buildings, accommodating these establishments, be strongly protected.

A bomb, filled with shrapnel, was hurled on Thursday into the window of a synagogue in Bishkek. No one was harmed. The bomb exploded shortly before people started converging in the Shul for Davening on Rosh Hashanah. The synagogue was seriously damaged.

�The territory adjacent to the Bishkek synagogue is being guarded by security personnel. The local police started an investigation, while the Jewish community is following the investigation,� Glotser said.

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(Source: Interfax)