Netanyahu-Putin meeting to tackle Syria cease-fire deal The Israeli prime minister will express his concerns in the Black Sea city of Sochi as the leaders convene for the sixth time in two years.
Leading Russian rabbi criticizes local court for blacklisting book by 19th-century rabbi The novel, which deals with a Jew’s determination to retain his faith despite external pressures to renounce it, was added to the federal list of extremist materials of Russia's Ministry of Justice.
American Chabad rabbi called security risk in Russia, ordered to leave Meanwhile, police in Moscow arrested the Jewish civil rights activist Mark Galperin on charges that he incited to extremism.