chabad in russia

In rare rebuke, Russian chief rabbi accuses senior defense official of antisemitism

Berel Lazar’s top spokesperson said he feared a remark linked to the war in Ukraine marks “a new era” for the country’s Jews.

Ukraine invasion puts Chabad of Russia ‘between a rock and a hard place’

Urged by some to cheers for the war and to condemn it by others, Russian’s largest Jewish group is forced to walk a tightrope.

In Ukraine, young Jews are torn between fighting for their country — and leaving for another

Patriotic but mindful of how quickly chaos can prevail, young parents are preparing guns on the one hand and passports on the other.

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Hanukkah’s early start and climate change put a Siberian tradition on thin ice

Siberian Jews celebrate the opening of a new Jewish education center in Tomsk, Russia on Sept. 12, 2021. (Levy Kaminetzky)

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Siberian Jews open region’s largest Jewish education center in Tomsk

Matzahs travel on the production line of the Tiferet HaMatzot factory in Dnepro, Ukraine on Dec. 8, 2014. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)

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Jews in the former Soviet Union eat pounds of matzah per person — the most in the world — every year. Here’s why.

$Alexander Klyachin listens to and Marina Loshak, director of the Pushkin State Museum at her institution in Moscow, Russia on Sept. 30, 2019. (Mikhail Metzel\TASS via Getty Images)$

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‘Pride exists to be part of something Jewish’: Russian billionaire to head Moscow museum’s board

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Why Russian Jews are divided over the anti-Putin movement

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Russian prosecutors want arrest warrant against American Chabad rabbi

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Jewish Sunday schools pop up across Europe and Asia

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chabad in russia

In rare rebuke, Russian chief rabbi accuses senior defense official of antisemitism

Ukraine invasion puts Chabad of Russia ‘between a rock and a hard place’

In Ukraine, young Jews are torn between fighting for their country — and leaving for another

Hanukkah’s early start and climate change put a Siberian tradition on thin ice

Siberian Jews open region’s largest Jewish education center in Tomsk

Jews in the former Soviet Union eat pounds of matzah per person — the most in the world — every year. Here’s why.

‘Pride exists to be part of something Jewish’: Russian billionaire to head Moscow museum’s board

Why Russian Jews are divided over the anti-Putin movement

Russian prosecutors want arrest warrant against American Chabad rabbi

Jewish Sunday schools pop up across Europe and Asia

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