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Russian-Israeli released from Libyan jail after breaking into Tripoli synagogue

The man, who lives in Russia, entered through a border crossing between Tunisia and Libya. 

Interior of abandoned Dar Bishi synagogue in the Libyan capital Tripoli. Illustrative.
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu lights a candle alongside the memorial wall at the National Library.

Grapevine, October 19, 2025: Remembering at the National Library

SINCE THE outbreak of the Ukraine-Russia War in 2022, some 80,000 Russians and 20,000 Ukrainians and Belarusians with Jewish ancestry have made aliyah. Here, people attend a ceremony marking the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Tel Aviv in February 2024.

Russian Jews seek a home in Israel as Ukraine war drives aliyah wave

Israeli-born Or Cohen stands with his Ukrainian wife, Anya, and their 3-year-old son Adam, in the backyard of their farmhouse in Novokatovsk, a Transnistrian village right on the border with Ukraine, June 2025.

Transnistria’s Jews find themselves caught in a Soviet time warp as Ukraine war rages next door


Court rules against Liberman, in favor of Jewishness DNA testing

In the majority decision, penned by Justice Neal Hendel, it was determined that the petition didn't present sufficient evidence proving that the rabbinate's actions were discriminatory.

Israeli High Court hearing on whether Netanyahu can form next government despite indictment he faces. (December 31, 2019)

Do we need to talk about the Law of Return? - Analysis

The Law of Return was designed to provide a refuge for Jews, those who identify as Jewish, as well as anyone who is identified by the oppressors of Jews as Jewish

Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef at the Western Wall; Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman on November 20, 2019

Novy God is no longer a holiday for the few

Novy God was an integral part of my Jewish childhood.

WELCOMING THE new year.

Rabbi Steinsaltz honored for first yeshiva in Soviet Russia on 30th anniversary

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz

Passion and Judaism on parade in St. Petersburg

The Iron Curtain has long parted as hundreds of involved Jews descend on Russia’s cultural capital for the Limmud FSU festival.

A joyous havdala with Limmud FSU founder Chaim Chesler (left) taking part

The Russian-speaking Jews who shaped Israel

A new website, “Seventy Russian-Speaking Jews Who Shaped Israel,” has been launched by The Jerusalem Post with GPG’s support.

PROMINENT RUSSIAN Jews past and present who have helped shape Israel: Ze’ev Jabotinsky, founder of Revisionist Zionism; Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein; Kira Radinsky, chief scientist and director of data science at eBay Israel; and singer-songrwriter and actress Marina Maximilian Blumin

Taglit-Birthright holds 'festive mega event' hosted by pro-ballroom dancer

The event was held at Hangar 11 in Tel Aviv, at an event where Israeli band 'Hatikvah 6" performed.

Over 800 Russian-speaking participating on a Taglit-Birthright Israel trip attended a "festive mega event" Tuesday night, hosted by professional ballroom dancer Anna Aronov

Who are the illegal Jews who have come to Israel under the Law of Return?

When the Jewish state was established, one of the very first laws promulgated by the Knesset was the Law of Return.

New Olim from Ukraine, December 24th, 2018.

Russians and Jews: The Odd Couple

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has in the last three years gone nine times to a Russia that has promoted dozens of Russian Jews to become oligarchs in the new Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) listens to Russia's Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar (L) during his visit to the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre in Moscow February 19, 2013

31. Rabbis Berel Lazar and Pinchas Goldschmidt

Russia’s Chief Rabbis

Berel Lazar (L) Pinchas Goldschmidt (R)