The chief rabbi of Rostov and southern Russia has been deported for violating visa rules, leaving the city without a rabbi in the middle of Passover. Though Rostov´s Jewish community hopes to secure the rabbi’s return after fixing his paperwor
Saddam Hussein’s ouster is sending shock waves through the Arab world, but as a lively debate in the Arab shows, it is not yet clear whether his fall will energize pro-democracy, pro-Western efforts or fundamentalist, anti-Western groups in the regi
In Moldova, a nation with a history of pogroms and other anti-Semitic acts, it was a major gesture when Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin delivered two speeches in front of Jewish audiences, unconditionally condemning anti-Semitism and promising his sup