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Illustrative A man walks in the damaged Kele-Numaz synagogue in Derbent, Russia, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (AP Photo)
July 20, 2024, 8:43 pm
Jewish graves in Dagestan destroyed; authorities say it was an accident
Makhachkala official says tombstones damaged after driver lost control, motorist reportedly pledges to fix damage
By ToI Staff
In this photo taken from video released by the head of Dagestan Republic of Russia on June 24, 2024, Dagestan Gov. Sergei Melikov, center, visits the damaged Kele-Numaz synagogue in Derbent, Russia. (The Telegram Channel of the head of Dagestan Republic of Russia via AP)
June 29, 2024, 11:15 am
Dagestani Jews determined to rebuild after deadly terror attacks in southern Russia
After destruction of 110-year-old Derbent synagogue, a center for Jewish life in the region, rabbi says local community is ‘not going to hide behind high walls and be intimidated’
By DEEPA BHARATH
Russian soldiers and police officers stand an the edge one of the highways entering Moscow on June 24, 2023. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP)
April 12, 2024, 2:57 pm
Russia says it foiled terror plot against Moscow synagogue
Suspect, described as a ‘Central Asian national,’ said killed while being detained; Russian chief rabbi commends Federal Security Service’s swift action
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, chief of the Conference of European Rabbis, at a news conference in Berlin, Germany, July 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer, file)
January 1, 2023, 12:53 pm
Exiled Moscow chief rabbi: Jews should leave Russia before they are scapegoated
Amid rising antisemitism, Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt warns that historical precedent indicates Jewish community will be blamed for country’s problems
By Ash Obel
Women from Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Germany visiting Israel as part of the Momentum program pose for a photograph in December 2022. (Aviram Valdman/Momentum)
December 9, 2022, 3:33 am
Russian and Ukrainian Jewish women bond during first-of-its-kind trip to Israel
Despite initial concerns due to war, Momentum hosts delegation of 200 mothers from eastern Europe, focusing on ‘unity and mutual responsibility,’ trying to keep out politics
By Judah Ari Gross
File: Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) speaks with Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar (left), during a ceremony unveiling the memorial to members of the Jewish resistance in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow, on June 4, 2019. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool/AFP)
August 12, 2022, 3:21 am
As Russia threatens to shutter Jewish Agency, many hear echoes of the past
Putin believed to be utilizing Cold War-era tactic to punish Israel for perceived support of Ukraine, as thousands depart Russia for Israel
By Shaul Kelner
Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt delivers a speech in Paris, France on Oct. 10, 2018. (Conference of European Rabbis via JTA)
July 17, 2022, 1:27 am
Ex-Moscow chief rabbi fears return of ‘Iron Curtain’ blocking Jewish emigrants
Pinchas Goldschmidt says Jewish Agency ‘not popular’ with Russian government, which wants Jewish community to remain due to its economic and academic contributions
By ToI Staff and JTA
File: Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) speaks with Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar (left), during a ceremony unveiling the memorial to members of the Jewish resistance in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow, on June 4, 2019. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool/AFP)
May 3, 2022, 11:38 pm
Russian chief rabbi: ‘It would be nice’ if Lavrov apologized for Hitler comments
In rare internal criticism, Berel Lazar calls diplomat’s false claims of Nazi dictator’s Jewish roots ‘shocking’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar, right, listen to businessman Viktor Vekselberg speak at a ceremony outside the Jewish Museum of Moscow, Russia, on June 4, 2019. (Courtesy of the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center of Moscow/via JTA)
April 3, 2022, 4:22 pm
Ukraine invasion puts Chabad of Russia ‘between a rock and a hard place’
The group is simultaneously dealing with strict government laws on speech, a Russian support base crippled by sanctions, and potential Western donors who want stronger condemnation
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Siberian Jews celebrate the opening of a new Jewish education center in Tomsk, Russia, Sept. 12, 2021. (Levy Kaminetzky via JTA)
September 17, 2021, 3:15 pm
Siberian Jews inaugurate a huge new Jewish education center in Tomsk
About 200 Jewish children are enrolled in the institution, which features a robotics lab, modern furnishings, pottery workshops and table tennis stations
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Boris Spiegel speaks during a meeting of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation in Yaroslavl, Russia, on November 28, 2011. (JTA/ Public Chamber of the Yaroslavl Region)
March 24, 2021, 9:27 am
Russian-Jewish billionaire and communal funder arrested for alleged bribes
Boris Spiegel, who has donated time, effort, and money to various Jewish community projects, charged with offering a local politician the equivalent of $400,000
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Rabbi Chaim Danzinger, left, introduces Dr. Yeshaya Shafit, second from left, to Jews awaiting circumcision at the synagogue of Rostov-on-Don in Russia, July 27, 2020. (Courtesy of the Jewish Community of Rostov/ via JTA)
August 14, 2020, 10:52 am
Russia has a full-time surgeon whose only job is circumcising Jewish men
Traveling from the western border with Europe to the far-flung eastern reaches close to Japan, Dr. Yeshaya Shafit, Russia’s only dedicated mohel, does about 10 procedures a week
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Russian police officers, wearing face masks to protect from coronavirus, speak to a woman as they check her documents to ensure a self-isolation regime due to coronavirus, in Moscow, Russia, April 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
May 7, 2020, 12:59 pm
A ‘miracle’? Rabbi explains why Russia’s Jews have low COVID-19 death rate
Compared to Jewish communities which became virus epicenters, Russia’s Jews seem to have gotten off relatively easy thus far — and early synagogue closures may be responsible
By Julie Masis
The Bolshaya Bronnaya Synagogue in Moscow. (Wikimedia Commons/Sergeiy Estrin)
March 24, 2020, 9:12 pm
Moscow congregation to self-isolate after synagogue’s rabbi gets coronavirus
36-year-old Gershon Lisus of Moscow’s Bolshaya Bronnaya Synagogue in stable but serious condition after contracting virus
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative: Jewish immigrants from Russia and Ukraine arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, January 30, 2018. (Photo: AP/Ariel Schalit)
September 22, 2019, 2:07 am
As Putin cracks down on democracy, Russian Jews increasingly moving to Israel
‘The Putin aliyah’? Immigration hits highs not seen since the early 2000s, as the Jewish state is seen as a haven from economic woes, crime, and rising illiberalism
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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