Topic: 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

February 6, 2016
2:27 pm

Eduard Tumansky, third from left, with fellow Simcha musicians, September 3, 2013. (Courtesy of Simcha)

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

September 4, 2015
2:41 pm

Kazan synagogue, Russia (YouTube screenshot)

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

April 30, 2013
8:10 pm

Planes at Domodedovo Airport in Moscow. (photo credit: CC BY Andrey Belenko, Flickr)

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