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FSU camps teach U.S. kids old ways
Increasing numbers of immigrants from the former Soviet Union are eager to pass on their language and heritage to their children, and summer programs in the Old Country seem an effective way to accomplish the goal. Read more »
FSU schools facing budget axe
A feared $1 million slash in the Jewish Agency for Israel's budget for Jewish schools in the former Soviet Union would seriously impact non-Orthodox educational options, local leaders are saying. Read more »
Struggle over yeshiva in Belarus
A historic yeshiva in Belarus that was returned recently to the Jewish community could be confiscated again if local Jews can't raise $20,000 to renovate the building. Read more »
Jews remember Yeltsin’s historic role
Jewish leaders agree that the community will remember Boris Yeltsin primarily as the man who ended decades of state-sanctioned anti-Semitism in Russia. Read more »
A return to authoritarian Russia?
Russian authorities' manhandling of peaceful anti-government protesters in Moscow and St. Petersburg is being seen by many here as proof that the Kremlin is reverting to its authoritarian ways. Read more »
Hopes rise alongside Russian shul
The Reform movement's goal of attracting largely secular post-Soviet Jews has been limited by insufficient funding, so the building of a new synagogue in St. Petersburg is generating much excitement. Read more »
Taking a back seat to Chabad in Russia
After years of bitter competition between two Jewish umbrella groups, few doubt that the Chabad-led Federation of Jewish Communities, or FEOR, has overtaken the Congress of Jewish Religious Organizations and Communities of Russia, or KEROOR, as the major Read more »
Money, not Muslims, concerns Uzbek Jews
Uzbekistan's Fergana Valley is considered a hotbed of Islamic fundamentalism, but a local Jewish leader says the main issue — for Jews and non-Jews alike — is the poor economy. Read more »
Uzbek Jews chronicle a rich past
Vladimir Solomonovich Polykovsky is the editor in chief of the Concise Uzbekistan Jewish Encyclopedia. And don’t let the title fool you: When it’s finished, the edition is expected to fill eight volumes. Read more »
Olmert visit to Russia highlights Iran differences
Russia and Israel may be on better footing than in decades past, but differences over Iran’s nuclear program still surfaced during Ehud Olmert’s visit to Moscow. Read more »
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Updated 05/24/12 @ 04:11PM EST
- Jewish groups called on Israel to protect African migrants in Israel after riots in Tel Aviv.
- Republican U.S. Senate candidate Josh Mandel is returning campaign donations under investigation by federal authorities.
- A new survey suggests that Germans have lost some love for Israel over the past three years.
- An Arab-Israeli immigrant to the United States was found guilty of murder in Michigan.
- Israel's Arava Power Company has closed on financing for eight solar power projects worth $204 million.
- U.S. Jewish groups condemn anti-African violence in Tel Aviv
- Mandel returns funds under investigation
- Obama’s same-sex marriage nod echoes historic Catholic-Jewish debate
- Survey: Israel losing ground with Germans
- Israeli Arab guilty of murder in Michigan
- Israel’s Arava firm finances $204 million for solar projects
- Israel will solve African migrant problem, Netanyahu assures
- Senate distinguishes between Palestinian refugees and descendants
