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Status quo seen in Putin’s Russia
With Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev endorsing each other for prime minister and president, Jews in Russia expect little to change after presidential elections in March. Read more »
Russian Jews cast protest votes
In the face of an easy victory for President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party, some Jews in Sunday's parliamentary elections showed their discontent by voting for parties that had no chance. Read more »
Russian elections lack anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism has virtually disappeared from Russian politics, even among the country's ultra-right groups. Read more »
Russian vote interests few Jews
A widespread sense of stability, the absence of significant anti-Semitism and a lack of viable alternatives to the party in power have coincided to produce the least important election for Russia's Jews since the fall of the Soviet Union. Read more »
Yeshiva students deported from Russia
A group of Chabad yeshiva students were deported from Russia after the U.S. State Department intervened to secure their release from prison. Read more »
Breast cancer survivors meet in Russia
At a Jewish-sponsored conference in Russia on breast cancer, organizers talked about how education, prevention and access to health care can help reduce the disease's high rate in the country. Read more »
Limmud brings FSU Jews together
The excitement and diversity at the first Limmud Jewish educational conference in the former Soviet Union prompted some longtime observers to wonder if this signaled the beginning of the end of Jewish factionalism and infighting in Russia. Read more »
Belarus Jews calm after leader’s slurs
Most Belarus Jews believe that anti-Semitic and anti-Israel slurs by President Alexander Lukashenko were meant not against them, but as a message for Israel and Iran. Read more »
Who has Putin’s ear?
Moshe Kantor's star may be on the rise behind the opaque walls of the Kremlin. Then again, it may not. Read more »
Hillel partners open Odessa cafe
A new Jewish cafe in Odessa, Ukraine, is part of a plan of quasi-commercial ventures set to reverse Hillel's bad luck in the former Soviet Union. Read more »
RSS Feed Breaking News
Updated 02/09/12 @ 05:54PM EST
- A poll showed that nearly half of likely voters believed the United States should use military force to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.
- Rabbi Gunther Plaut, a major figure in Reform Judaism, died in Toronto.
- The application for a proposed Hebrew-language charter school was accepted by the District of Columbia Public Charter School board.
- A truck driving calves from Eilat to the Golan Heights was hijacked into the West Bank.
- U.S. Rep. Howard Berman introduced legislation that would allow eligible Israeli nationals to receive non-immigrant investor visas in the United States.
- Poll: Half of U.S. voters back strike on nuclear Iran
- Reform leader Rabbi Gunther Plaut dies
- D.C. Hebrew-language charter school accepted for review
- Op-Ed: Kick the reaction addiction on campus
- Berman moves to grant investor visas to Israelis
- Holy cow! Calves hijacked into Palestinian territory
- Report: Israeli journalist also works for prime minister
- Larry Greenfield tapped to lead JINSA
