Posts Tagged: Russia Jews
What Putin Said at the Holocaust Forum…
JNS.org - Predictably, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech to last week’s World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem raised hackles among the responsible guardians of Holocaust memory....
Like Ukraine, Israel Must Confront Putin and His Evil Intentions
In his famous 1946 “Iron Curtain” speech in Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill said, “From what I have seen of our Russian friends ... I am...
Soviet Antisemitism in a British Guise
JNS.org - It’s back. The “it” I refer to is a phenomenon pretty much unknown to newer generations of Jews in terms of direct experience, but it...
Putin’s Dictatorship — and Antisemitism
In an NBC interview aired on March 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that the 13 Russian nationals that the US indicted for election interference may not be ethnically...
A 30th Anniversary, Soviet Jews and the Making of History
On December 6, 1987 -- 30 years ago -- more than 250,000 people gathered in Washington to call on the Kremlin to open the gates and let Soviet Jews...
Hopes Betrayed: The Russian Revolution and the Jews
JNS.org - Another week, another centennial. Following the Balfour Declaration’s milestone, it’s now time to look back on the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, where a communist...
Antisemitic Hate Crimes Thrive in Ukraine
Just before the last day of Passover, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Deitsch died in Israel. The well-known Chabad rabbi was injured in a brutal attack in October 2016 in Zhitomir,...
In Moscow, Top US Jewish Officials Call on Russia to Backtrack From Support of UNESCO Resolutions That Ignored Jewish and Christian History in Jerusalem
Two high-level US Jewish officials visiting Moscow this week called on Russia -- which supported the recent UNESCO resolutions that ignored Jewish and Christian history...
Putin Meets With Jewish Delegation to Discuss Jewish Life in Russia
JNS.org - Russian President Vladimir Putin met with delegates from the World Jewish Congress (WJC) and the Russian Jewish Congress at the Kremlin on Tuesday to...
Hope, Lost and Found, for Ukraine’s Jews
JNS.org - “Start worrying. Details to follow.” It’s not just the irreverent punch line of a joke about the content of a Jewish telegram. It is also...
Documentary Exposes Russian Government Involvement in Neo-Nazi Movement
An explosive documentary burst onto Israeli screens Wednesday evening, grabbing viewers from their armchairs and hurling them into the middle of a forest outside of Moscow. In "Credit...
Number of Eastern European Jews Making Aliyah Sees Dramatic Increase Over Past Year
The Jewish Agency for Israel said in a new report that immigration to Israel (Aliyah) from Western Europe in the first quarter of 2015 was...
Highest Number of New Immigrants in Israel Are From Ukraine, Russia, and France
The final group of new immigrants for the Jewish year of 5774 arrived in Israel on Monday. Some 140 arrivals from Russia and Ukraine arrived at...
Even in Siberia, it’s Never Too Late for a Jewish Awakening
JNS.org - Siberia is not known for its welcoming appeal. But in 2005, I stood for the first time in the warm glow of...
