Famous Russian Jews
Anti-Putin businessman’s apparent suicide to be investigated by DC police
Several Russian business executives have died of suspicious circumstances amid the onset of the Russian-Ukrainian War.
Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg on his charity projects - interview
Israeli gov't looking to harness tech impact of Russian-speaking Jews
Building a state-of-the art cardiac rehab institute
Books: 'Open Up the Iron Door'
Rabbi Avi Weiss tells the story of the struggle for Soviet Jewry from an insider’s perspective.
Remembering Vladimir Slepak, a modern-day Moses
Slepack, realizing there was no future for Jews in the communist Soviet Union, spent years planning his exit, aliya.
Nemtsov murder reminds Russian Jews of lingering anti-Semitism
“His murder is the low point in a process that started about two years ago which has left the Jewish intelligentsia and its milieu feeling more uneasy than ever before in post-communist Russia.”
Letters: January 15, 2015
Lesovoy’s own story is a miracle; Only someone like him can give over the wonder and miracle of Israel to Russians, who can contribute so much of their talents and abilities to the State of Israel.
A critique from the past
In 1907 Polish journalist, critic, poet and essayist David Frishman criticized the Russian government for ignoring unrest in Odessa, translated here for the first time from Yiddish.
