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Evgeny Velikhov speaking at Limmud FSU Moscow on April 12, 2019. (Courtesy of Limmud FSU)

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.

Court sides with Israel in battle over Kafka archive

The Jewish author’s trove of writings has been the subject of a protracted dispute between the family of his friend’s secretary and the State of Israel.

Renovation uncovers rare murals in former Swedish synagogue

A 200-year-old blueprint allowed renovators preparing to open Stockholm’s Jewish museum to safely peel back paint that concealed the rare decorations.