Russia has a full-time surgeon whose only job is circumcising Jewish men Dr. Yeshaya Shafit, Russia’s only mohel for adults, travels across the former Soviet Union to correct a historical wrong. By Cnaan Liphshiz August 6, 2020 10:18 am
Chabad couple made to pay $100K for homeschooling their children in Sweden Swedish law allows homeschooling under “special circumstances,” but not religion. June 21, 2019 7:53 am
In Moscow, a non-Jewish physicist recalls helping build the Soviet Union’s only yeshiva Evgeny Velikhov recounted for the first time publicly obtaining Mikhail Gorbachev’s permission for an event many had thought impossible. April 19, 2019 8:14 am
Russian Jews honor New York-born Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff By Cnaan Liphshiz December 21, 2018 6:56 am
Russia’s westernmost synagogue rebuilt 80 years after Kristallnacht destruction By Cnaan Liphshiz November 8, 2018 3:14 pm
Anti-Semitic attacks are rare in Russia but the sentiment is rife, studies suggest October 31, 2018 7:46 am
Chabad leader accuses Sweden of ‘persecuting’ couple who home-school their kids October 19, 2018 1:11 pm
In rare rebuke, a Russian chief rabbi slams missile transfer to Syria as ‘mistake’ October 5, 2018 12:08 pm