Statue of Lenin splattered with red paint. Is it a hate crime? Lenin and the rest of the Soviets attempted to hide their Jewish roots from the world. The internet is disclosing more and more info on the Soviet Union. I think they all would qualify to participate in Israel's Right to Return Laws. Pause the video if need to read longer, as included in this video is parts of a letter from religious rabbi's, in full support of the soviet union. The first thing lenin did was declare war on anti semites followed by war on Christians. From the Jewish Virtual Library: "After the establishment of the Soviet regime, Jewish communal and religious life was silenced at Minsk as elsewhere in the Soviet Union. The suppressed religious and national institutions were replaced by institutions of Jewish culture based on the Yiddish language and Communist ideology, and Minsk became an important center of Jewish-Communist cultural activity in the Soviet Union. Yiddish schools were established, and at the Institute of Belorussian Culture, founded in 1924, a Jewish section was organized. It published several scientific works, including Tsaytshrift (5 vols., 1926--31) devoted to Jewish history, literature, and folklore. A Jewish department was also established (1921) within the faculty of education of the University of Minsk. These institutions, however, were closed down in the mid-1930s. Various newspapers, periodicals, and other publications in Yiddish were issued in the town. These included ...