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Topic: Russian Jews

April 10, 2013
11:31 am

Russian Jews urge Netanyahu to ignore US Jews’ peace call

In a letter signed by 100 notables, PM urged to rule out pleas to cede land

March 26, 2013
4:16 pm

Moscow's Red Square (photo credit: Anna Kaplan/Flash90/File)

Russian lawmaker quits over reports of Israeli citizenship

Opposition blogger targets Vitaly Malkin of Putin’s United Russia party for dual nationality, undeclared foreign assets

By Yoel Goldman

January 19, 2013
4:44 pm

Russian-speaking immigrants drink vodka during a Russian folk music festival at the Gan HaShlosha national park near the northern Israeli Town of Beit Shean. (photo credit: AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

‘Russian vote’ in Israel integrates into political mainstream

From the web The Guardian: Russian-speaking immigrants, comprising 15% of eligible voters, say they’re shaped by their Soviet heritage but feel Israeli

By Harriet Sherwood

January 17, 2013
7:45 pm

Russia angry over US fines for Jewish collection

US judge rules Moscow should pay the penalty until it complies with 2010 order to return tens of thousands of religious books

January 9, 2013
2:35 pm

Shame on Shas, shame on us

A campaign ad spewing racism is our wake-up call to the party’s message and danger

By Dov Lipman

January 2, 2013
4:07 am

Russian-speaking Israelis dance to Russian pop beats at the Babylon nightclub in Tel Aviv. The club caters to the Russian-speaking immigrant community, featuring hired dancers and extravagant decorations rarely seen in informal Israel (photo credit: AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Back from the USSR

Immigrants from the former Soviet Union are an integral part of Israeli life, yet remain distinct

By Daniel Estrin and Oded Balilty

December 14, 2012
7:17 pm

US President Barack Obama greets Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, June 2012. (photo credit: AP/Alexei Nikolsky/RIA-Novosti)

Obama to sign Russia trade bill blasted by Putin

Law eliminates obsolete provision that tied trade relations with the former Soviet Union to the emigration of Jews

November 16, 2012
8:02 pm

From left: Luiza Rozina, 78, Daniil Rozin, 11, Geda Rozina, 100, Maya Rozina, 8, Mark Rozin, 47, Lev Rozin, 24, drink tea at their apartment in Moscow. The four generations of Zimanenko- Rozin's family embody the history of Jews in Russia over the past century, from the restrictions of czarist times to the revival of Jewish culture in Russia today. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

Moscow museum at heart of Russia’s Jewish culture revival

The trajectory of Jewish life in Russia in the 20th century, from imperial to Soviet times, is embodied in the story of one family

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA

November 13, 2012
11:59 am

Jewish Agency chairman and former cabinet minister Natan Sharansky (photo credit: Courtesy JAFI)

Sharansky rails against Peres, who thanked Russia for ‘thousand years of hospitality’

Why did world Jewry have to struggle on behalf of Soviet brethren if the country was so friendly to Jews, USSR-born ex-prisoner of Zion asks

By Raphael Ahren

November 5, 2012
1:17 am

The Auschwitz concentration camp (photo credit: Shutterstock)

Russian lawmaker wants to cut benefits for Holocaust survivors

Andrei Yershov of Putin’s ruling party refuses to resign; party officials in Moscow condemn comments

October 28, 2012
11:40 am

More then 6,000 young Russian-speaking Jews participated in summer camp programs offered by the Jewish Agency in the former Soviet Union -- activities that so far have avoided problems with the government. (Photo credit: Courtesy of the Jewish Agency via JTA)

In Putin’s Russia, Jewish groups adopt silence as best protection

While they’ve avoided trouble so far, aid organizations fear getting swept up in growing repression

October 5, 2012
10:35 pm

Natan Shuminov, left, and Kirill Samokhvalov volunteer at a Rosh Hashanah fundraiser last month in Moscow. The event reflected the growing involvement of local Jews in supporting their own communities. (Ilya Dolgopolsky via JTA)

Local philanthropy takes root among Eastern European Jews

To build a culture of giving, local charities must battle attitudes left over from the Soviet era

By Cnaan Liphshiz

September 16, 2012
3:01 pm

Jewish by the numbers — The Times of Israel’s Rosh Hashanah infographic

Everything you wanted to know, statistically speaking, about the status of the tribe worldwide as we enter 5773

By Times of Israel staff

September 9, 2012
9:38 am

Jewish children at the Western Wall in Jerusalem (photo credit: Mendy Hechtman/Flash90)

Global Jewish population grows by 88,000 over past year

One of 514 people on Earth is Jewish; at 0.65%, population growth rate is well below world average

By Aaron Kalman

March 6, 2012
12:04 pm

A Russian Jew at a pro-Israel rally in Moscow (photo credit by Valery Melnikov/Kommersant/Flash 90)

After election, Russian Jews wonder about the future

The re-election of Putin was a foregone conclusion despite the demonstrations, but is it ‘good for the Jews?’

By Uriel Heilman