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Shlomo Artzi, left, and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin singing together on April 13, 2015. (Courtesy of the Spokesperson of the President of Israel)

Women singers not welcome at charity concert promoting unity among Israelis

A controversy surrounding a tribute concert to Israeli legend Shlomo Artzi underscores the continuing debate over the place of religion in society.

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 1, 2019 1:44 pm

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.

September 20, 2019 12:50 pm

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.

May 3, 2019 9:50 am

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

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 19, 2019 8:14 am

Honoring of anti-Semites a ‘problem,’ says Israel’s ambassador to Ukraine

October 20, 2017 5:09 am

In Elie Wiesel’s hometown, hundreds protest anti-Semitism by retracing his walk to be deported

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 11, 2017 2:08 am

Russian chief rabbi says Jews should leave France if Marine Le Pen elected

April 22, 2017 3:58 pm

Moscow Limmud sees record enrollment of 2,500

April 14, 2017 3:00 pm

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

February 3, 2017 12:44 pm

Israel wants ‘butcher’ Assad ousted, defense minister says

December 16, 2016 4:29 am

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