The patchwork knowledge and observance of Jewish traditions that defines Russia’s largely assimilated Jewish community holds even in the strange and unique place that is Russia’s Jewish Autonomous District.
The Genesis Philanthropy Group will give the Jewish Agency for Israel $6 million for educational projects in the former Soviet Union. Genesis, which is made up of several oligarchs from the former Soviet Union, who have committed to building a better Russian speaking Jewish diaspora, will give the money over the next three to four […]