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Kazan
September 3, 2016, 5:58 am
European, Israeli Jews gather undisturbed in predominantly Muslim city in Russia
Limmud FSU, Jewish music festival and European Jewish culture day events kick off Friday in downtown Kazan
By JTA
Eduard Tumansky, third from left, with fellow Simcha musicians, September 3, 2013. (Courtesy of Simcha)
February 6, 2016, 2:27 pm
The Jews who built this city on rock and roll (and klezmer)
How one spunky band grew out of Soviet Russia to form a Jewish community
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Kazan synagogue, Russia (YouTube screenshot)
September 4, 2015, 2:41 pm
Kazan synagogue rededication hailed by Muslim, Christian leaders
'A day of celebration for the Jews of Tatarstan is a festive day for all in the state,' says mufti, as 100-year-old building reopens
By JTA
Planes at Domodedovo Airport in Moscow. (photo credit: CC BY Andrey Belenko, Flickr)
April 30, 2013, 8:10 pm
Russia bars planes from using Syrian airspace
Moscow issues ban after a civilian aircaraft was reported to have come under threat in the war torn country's airspace
February 25, 2013, 3:13 pm
Jewish sites vandalized in Poland, Russia
Attackers damage cemetery and Holocaust memorial
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