In Latvia, luxury Synagogue Opens in a Beach Resort for Oligarchs

Emmanuil Grinshpun also hired a full-time Orthodox rabbi, Shimon Kutnovsky-Liak, who moved here from Israel with his family. Kutnovsky-Liak was born in Latvia and struggled to escape the country in the 1970s when it was still part of the Soviet Union. His first year here, Kutnovsky-Liak said, was a mixed experience.