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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


Jerusalem House of Quality shows 'Yoffi shel Israel' exhibit

The 'Yoffi shel Israel' project that promotes Israeli art created by immigrant artists from Russia is being hosted at the Jerusalem House of Quality.

 Inside the Jerusalem House of Quality.

New exhibition celebrates the beauty (yoffi) of Israel

Commissioning 36 artists who made aliyah from the former Soviet Union, their artwork is now presented to the public as part of the Yoffi shel Israel (Beauty of Israel) postcard exhibition.

 WESTERN WALL by Irina Peres.

In ‘Golden Voices,’ Russian movie dubbers reinvent themselves in Israel, to hilarious effect

Russian movie dubbers reinvent themselves in Israel, to hilarious effect

An immigrant from the former Soviet Union speaks to the Knesset Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs.

6,500 Holocaust survivors to receive pension from Germany for first time

6,500 Holocaust survivors will receive pensions from Germany, including Russian, German, Israeli and French nationals who hid in Nazi-occupied territory.

An original yellow star (not on general display) is seen at the artifacts department of the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, ahead of the Israeli annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 10, 2018

Siberian Jews open region’s largest Jewish education center in Tomsk

Tomsk is symbolic for many Russian Jews for its Cantonist community, which has become an icon of the determination of many Jews in Russia to adhere to their faith and culture.

 Siberian Jews celebrate the opening of a new Jewish education center in Tomsk, Russia, Sept. 12, 2021.

'Bring vodka:' Shas MK blasted for racist comments towards Yesh Atid MK

"What national pride have you brought? An interior minister convicted of accepting bribes and sitting in jail?" MK Vladimir Beliak said, as Shas MKs yelled "Vodka, vodka" from the opposition benches.

Shas MK Moshe Abutbul

Putin holds up Israel as a model of unity for Ukrainians and Russians

"They seem to be unlike each other, but all the same, the Jewish people value their unity,” he said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking during an official inauguration of the monument honoring the heroes of the siege of Leningrad

Russian-speaking Jews in Los Angeles have a new place they can call home

Moishe House is "a place where young adults in their 20s come together and create vibrant Jewish communities."

Russian-speaking young Jews from the Former Soviet Union came together and experienced Israel through Birthright Israel’s ‘Taglit on the Carmel’ event

Navalny protests hit Israeli streets as Tel Aviv calls for his release

Protesters gathered near the Russian embassy in Tel Aviv, carrying signs in Hebrew, English, and Russian reading "Free Navalny."

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is escorted by police officers after a court hearing, in Khimki outside Moscow, Russia January 18, 2021.

Remembering the emigration of Soviet Jewry - opinion

Today, America is home to 750,000 Russian-speaking Jewish citizens, one tenth of the Jewish population of the United States.

FORMER REFUSENIK and Soviet prisoner, Israeli politician, human rights activist and author Natan Sharansky with his mother after he landed in Israel on February 11, 1986.