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| name = Rabbi Hillel Zaltzman<br />
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| birth_date = 1939<br />
| birth_place = [[Kharkiv]], [[Ukraine]]<br />
| nationality = Israeli / American<br />
| occupation = Rabbi, organisation leader, author<br />
| known_for = President of Chamah<br />
| organisation = [[Chamah]]<br />
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'''Rabbi '''Hillel Zaltzman''''' (born 1939) is a rabbi, author, and chairman (president) of '''Chamah''' (also referred to as Hama), an organisation dedicated to spreading and preserving Judaism among Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union (FSU).<ref name="JRCC">Jewish Russian Community Centre, [https://www.jrcc.org/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/3145784/jewish/Rabbi-Hillel-Zaltzman.htm Rabbi Hillel Zaltzman] ''JRCC.org'', accessed June 2026.</ref><ref name="Chamah">Chamah.org, [https://www.chamah.org/ About] ''Chamah.org'', accessed June 2026.</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in 1939, Zaltzman grew up under Soviet rule. As a teenager, he joined the underground Jewish organisation Chamah in Samarkand to preserve Jewish life and provide assistance amid persecution.<ref name="JRCC" /><ref name="ChabadZaltzman">Chabad.org, [https://www.chabad.org/search/keyword_cdo/kid/20470/jewish/Hillel-Zaltzman.htm Hillel Zaltzman] ''Chabad.org'', accessed June 2026.</ref><br />
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He later immigrated to Israel and continued his work, eventually leading Chamah internationally.<ref name="JRCC" /><br />
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== Chamah Organisation ==<br />
Chamah, founded as an underground network in the Soviet Union, transitioned to formal activities supporting Jewish education, humanitarian aid, and religious revival among FSU immigrants in Israel, the US, and elsewhere.<ref name="Chamah" /><ref name="JewishBookCouncil">Jewish Book Council, [https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/hillel-zaltzman Hillel Zaltzman] ''Jewish Book Council'', accessed June 2026.</ref><br />
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Under Rabbi Zaltzman's leadership as president, it has expanded to include social services, medical aid, Jewish outreach, and community programmes.<ref name="Chamah" /><br />
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== Works ==<br />
Zaltzman authored ''Samarkand: The Underground with a Far-Reaching Impact'', detailing the Jewish resistance in the Soviet Union.<ref name="ChabadZaltzman" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Chamah]]<br />
* [[Chabad-Lubavitch]]<br />
* [[Judaism in the Soviet Union]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
[https://www.chamah.org/ Chamah Official Website]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:1939 births]]<br />
[[Category:Chabad]]<br />
[[Category:Israeli rabbis]]<br />
[[Category:Jewish educators|Zaltzman, Hillel]]<br />
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