Russia

Ideas

Op-Ed: Anti-gay persecution abroad demands U.S. action

Legislation now before Congress could help save lives in countries where LGBT people face persecution, Rabbi Elyse Frishman writes.

Russian Jewish pupils get alternative date for matriculation test

Russia’s education ministry has agreed to provide Jewish students an alternative date for a matriculation exam that took place on the Shavuot holiday.

Shaken by Ukraine’s turmoil, Kiev Jews form self-defense force

Responding to anti-Semitic attacks, a squad of Jews in Ukraine’s capital train to defend their community.

Global

Israel abstains in U.N. Ukraine vote

Culture

A portrait of the strongman as a young judoka

Global

In Crimea, a Karaite community carries on, and welcomes Russia

Ideas

Op-Ed: The real threat to Ukraine’s Jewish community

Global

Russia bans Irwin Cotler, pleasing the Canadian-Jewish lawmaker

Sports

Urged sanctions on Russia would send Israel to World Cup

Global

Will Ukraine crisis have fallout for Iran nuclear talks?

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