# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/berl-lazar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:46:55.717Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/berl-lazar"
name: "Berl Lazar"
slug: "berl-lazar"
description: "Shlomo Dov Pinchas Lazar, better known as Berel Lazar, is an Orthodox, Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic rabbi. He began his service in Russia in 1990. Known for his friendship with Vladimir Putin, since 2000, he has been a Chief Rabbi of Russia, and chairman of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia and Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS. In September 2005 Lazar became a member of the Public Chamber of Russia. Because of his connections to Russian President Vladimir Putin he is sometimes called \"Putin's rabbi.\""
tagline: "Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic Orthodox rabbi"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Berl_Lazar_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1964-05-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/rabbiberellazar/"
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  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/RabbiLazar"
    handle:    "RabbiLazar"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "بيرل لازار"
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    title: "Лазар, Берл"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump