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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


Russian opposition aide reflects on path to religious Jewish observance

“Chief Rabbi Lazar is the only religious leader who didn’t support the war,” Russian politician Leonid Volkov said of his Jewish community role model.

 Leonid Volkov, Russian political aide

My grandfather's USSR experience is mimicked in modern times - opinion

He faced the same rhetoric we do now on campus.

 A SUPPORTER of the Russian Communist Party stands next to a portrait of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, during a May Day rally in Moscow last year.

De facto canceling the ‘Grandchild Clause’ is a mistake - opinion

Instead of hindering migration from Russia, the Knesset should provide increased funding for integrating migrants.

 MK Simcha Rothman at the JFNA's General Assembly in Tel Aviv.

SSY: Helping Russian-speaking olim integrate into Israel

For the past 12 years, SSY has been creating welcoming educational and empowering communities throughout Israel that remind young Russian-speaking olim of the reasons why they made aliyah.

 Young Russian-speaking volunteers help newer immigrants navigate life in Israel. Hedva Agapova, SSY Jerusalem Volunteer Coordinator, with Linda Pardes Friedburg

US Jews don't recognize the impact of Russian immigrants on Israel

The stories of these human rights legends, who have profoundly influenced Israeli society, politics, and American Jewry, are underestimated.

 Google co-founder Sergey Brin at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos in 2017.

Jewish Agency lowers profile in Russia, less activity in FSU countries - exclusive

Apart from political considerations, steep budget cuts by the Aliyah Ministry have led to a marked decrease in the Agency's activity.

 Andrei Grishayev, a lawyer of the Russian branch of the Jewish Agency for Israel, speaks with journalists after a hearing outside a court building in Moscow, Russia, February 20, 2023.

Solving the crisis in Hebrew studies

To help the thousands of immigrants waiting for an ulpan spot, Open University will partner with the Lauder Employment Center in the Negev.

PERFECTING HEBREW at an ulpan.

Bob Born, Jewish maker of Peeps marshmallow candies, dies at 98

Birn was the former president of Just Born Quality Confections, the 100-year-old family-owned candy company in Pennsylvania.

 Memorial Candles

Russia’s Chief Rabbi to Putin: 'We'll do anything for peaceful solutions'

The Russian President shared with the two rabbis that “we are categorically against consigning to oblivion crimes of this kind, which have no statute of limitations.”

 Rabbis and Putin

‘Best option for Russian Jews is to leave’ says Moscow’s former chief rabbi

Goldschmidt, who served as a rabbi in Russia since 1989, left the country in June after being pressured to support the invasion of Ukraine.

Former chief rabbi of Moscow and President of the Conference of European Rabbis Pinchas Goldschmidt is pictured during an interview with Reuters in a hotel in Berlin, Germany, February 24, 2016