Russian Jews

Russia’s westernmost synagogue rebuilt 80 years after Kristallnacht destruction

Once a symbol for the devastation of European Jewry, Kaliningrad saw the inauguration of a mammoth shul that the Nazis torched in 1938.

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 8, 2018 3:14 pm

A tiny Russian village of Chabad fame dreams of starting its own Jewish pilgrimage tradition

Seeing a major rise in annual visitors, the impoverished population of Lyubavichi is hoping Western tourism will provide an unlikely source of revenue.

August 30, 2018 5:13 pm

Azerbaijan’s Mountain Jews museum is part of a dying community’s rescue plan

On the border between Europe and Asia, natives and expats hope to hold on to a fast-disappearing Jewish culture.

August 20, 2018 1:15 pm

World’s northernmost JCC opens in Russian Arctic city

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 26, 2018 10:52 am

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich reportedly immigrating to Israel

May 25, 2018 2:50 pm

Know your oligarch: A guide to the Jewish machers in the Russia probe

By Ron Kampeas May 22, 2018 5:40 pm

Polish Holocaust speech law won’t affect program for Russian Jews visiting Auschwitz, rabbi says

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 25, 2018 7:55 am

Why some Jews in Russia don’t think Putin’s comment about them was anti-Semitic

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 12, 2018 4:02 pm

First Jewish university to open in Russia

March 9, 2018 6:44 am

Russian company names an ice cream ‘Poor Jew’

March 7, 2018 11:10 am

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