In rare and delicate statement, Russia’s Chabad rabbis call to ‘end the suffering’ The plea comes amid praise by other clergy for the war that Vladimir Putin has vowed to continue. By Cnaan Liphshiz September 8, 2022 6:16 am
In exile from Russia, Pinchas Goldschmidt is formally out as Moscow’s chief rabbi after 29 years An influential spiritual leader in much of Europe, he had left Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. July 6, 2022 5:35 pm
Moscow’s chief rabbi in exile after refusing to back Putin’s war on Ukraine, relative says Pinchas Goldschmidt, who was briefly kicked out of Russia in 2005, is generally tight lipped about politics. June 7, 2022 6:10 pm
Russian chief rabbi: ‘It would be nice’ if Russia’s Lavrov apologized for Hitler comments By Cnaan Liphshiz May 3, 2022 1:52 pm
Kazakhstan’s Jews, who ‘steer clear’ of politics, are sitting out their country’s bloody unrest By Cnaan Liphshiz January 7, 2022 2:38 pm
Chabad rabbis took their first group photo since the pandemic — and were fined by Kazakhstan for not distancing By Cnaan Liphshiz August 5, 2021 3:41 pm
Jews in the former Soviet Union eat pounds of matzah per person — the most in the world — every year. Here’s why. By Cnaan Liphshiz March 26, 2021 12:46 pm
Why Russian Jews are divided over the anti-Putin movement By Cnaan Liphshiz February 23, 2021 3:46 pm
Jewish prisoner in Russian penal colony goes on hunger strike to get Shabbat off By Cnaan Liphshiz October 20, 2020 9:28 am
Obninsk, Russia, home of the world’s first nuclear power plant, gets its first synagogue By Cnaan Liphshiz October 7, 2020 11:59 am