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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.
Grapevine, October 19, 2025: Remembering at the National Library
Russian Jews seek a home in Israel as Ukraine war drives aliyah wave
Transnistria’s Jews find themselves caught in a Soviet time warp as Ukraine war rages next door
Over 20k immigrants to Israel since Ukraine war began; almost half from Russia
The war between Russia and Ukraine is sending out refugees from both sides.
How sanctions made new Russian olim leave Israel
“Most of the people returned to Russia for some time because the decision to come to Israel was urgent and not well-prepared.”
‘Golden Voices’ proves delightful, opens Thursday
Thanks to brilliant writing and performance, the film becomes a universal story of an older couple trying to keep their love alive and fighting to make their way in a confusing new world.
'I was a proud Jew in Russia. When the war in Ukraine began, I knew I had to leave.'
"The decision to leave my country was excruciating," says the author, a born-and-raised Russian Jew.
Bennett offers Putin to mediate end to war with Ukraine
Despite first call between leaders Israel, is ‘unlikely’ to serve as the intermediary between Russia and Ukraine.
For New York’s Ukrainian Jews, a time of waiting and worry
While Ukrainian Jews in NY worry about their relatives in Ukraine, fears are also on the rise for the Jewish community in Ukraine with Russia's potential impending invasion into Ukrainian territory.
World’s first collection of Jewish NFTs launched by JCC Russia
The NFT project digitizes Judaica from the famed Moscow synagogue, such as digital replicas of its “Bima” and "Aron Kodesh."
Former boxing champ Yuri Foreman is now the ‘Vegan Boxing Rabbi’
Former boxer Yuri Foreman is planning a boxing comeback – only this time, he's an ordained Rabbi.
Russian Jews have a different relationship with Israel than US Jews - opinion
American Jewish schools teach that Israel is an outpost of liberalism in the Mideast.
A young, gay Russian Jew navigates ’80s New York in ‘Minyan,’ a new film set in Brighton Beach
Eric Steel’s film finds a unique way to highlight its queer themes through the prism of an Orthodox Jewish culture that heavily prizes manhood and strength in numbers.
