Chaim Chesler

The closed gate of the only active synagogue of Tiraspol, Transnistria. (Courtesy of Roman Yanushevsky/Channel 9)

Transnistria is a tiny, poor state in Eastern Europe. The few Jews left there eye an escape.

Unmarked synagogues, statues of Stalin and abject poverty are some of the distinct characteristics of a land that feels like an open-air museum of communism.

Holocaust rescuer Chinue Sugihara’s son helps honor his deeds in Belarus

In a departure from protocol, hundreds of Belarus Jews celebrated the saving of Mir yeshiva students amid memorial events for others who perished.

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.

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In rare rebuke, a Russian chief rabbi slams missile transfer to Syria as ‘mistake’

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Moscow Limmud sees record enrollment of 2,500

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Russian chief rabbi, Reform dissident in London for event for ex-Soviet Jews

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European, Israeli Jews gather undisturbed in predominantly Muslim city in Russia

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Belarus capital receives first Limmud Jewish learning event

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Despite rising emigration, 2,000 Russian Jews expected for Limmud Moscow

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Moscow has world’s second-largest Limmud

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