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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 369

Russian-speaking Jews

Ilan Shor, then-mayor of the town of Orhei, Moldova, arrives to meet with supporters during a campaign event in the city of Comrat on February 15, 2019. (Daniel MIHAILESCU/AFP)
April 20, 2023, 2:41 am
A wanted Moldovan oligarch backs Russian interests at home from a haven in Israel
Convicted in absentia for stealing $1 billion from Moldova’s banking system, businessman-turned-opposition leader Ilan Shor is leading pro-Moscow protests in the country
By Jacob Judah
'How the Soviet Jew Was Made' by Sasha Senderovich. (Courtesy)
February 11, 2023, 8:56 am
‘How the Soviet Jew Was Made’: A tale of wandering, oppression, language and lore
In his award-winning book, Prof. Sasha Senderovich mixes a rich, centuries-old body of Yiddish folklore with early 20th-century events to define a notoriously nebulous Jewish group
By JP O’ Malley
Alex Zeldin and Tamar Caplan are lifted on chairs during their wedding reception, August 21, 2022. (JC Lemon Photography/ via JTA)
October 17, 2022, 8:50 am
When the Torah cycle ended, their Russian-American romance began
After reconnecting at a Simchat Torah event, Tamar Caplan and Alex Zeldin find chemistry — and matching Jewish ideals — and level up from friendship to lifelong love
By Alix Wall
Leonid Nevzlin (via Facebook)
July 30, 2022, 8:58 pm
Exiled oligarch in Israel: Putin doesn’t want to annex Ukraine, but to destroy it
His company dismantled and friends imprisoned, Leonid Nevzlin has lived in Israel for 20 years. He hasn’t ceased criticizing the Kremlin – and sees some parallels in his new home
By Ksenia Svetlova
Yelena Lembersky, author of 'Like a Drop of Ink in a Downpour.' (Courtesy)
July 26, 2022, 1:43 am
Relics of a USSR both maddening and sweet emerge in blockbuster Jewish memoir
Yelena Lembersky’s ‘Like a Drop of Ink in a Downpour’ is a surprisingly even-handed tale of escape from the Iron Curtain with her grandfather’s famous Babyn Yar massacre paintings
By Julie Masis
A view of a Shabbat dinner at Moishe House Kyiv, which has housed displaced people during the Russian invasion. (Moishe House Kyiv/ via JTA)
July 13, 2022, 2:57 am
The Moishe House in Kyiv has become a safe haven during wartime
Usually a place where young people host Jewish events, these hubs have taken on added responsibilities since the Russian invasion, including providing food and shelter to the needy
By Michelle Cohen
Rabbi Motl Gordon in Jerusalem. (Nathan Lazovnikov)
April 11, 2022, 4:00 am
Rabbi who fled Moscow: ‘Jewish life in Russia as I knew it was coming to an end’
When war in Ukraine broke out, Motl Gordon moved to Israel, where he’s working with Russian-speaking Jews ‘as they are’ to nurture a vision of an audaciously welcoming new diaspora
By David Stromberg
Demonstrators carry placards and flags during a protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, outside the Russian Embassy in Tel Aviv, March 5, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 16, 2022, 6:49 am
Their country suddenly a pariah, Jews look for ways to leave Russia
Devastating sanctions coupled with a crackdown on freedom of speech are causing Russians to move, but the mass exodus worsens already lengthy waiting periods for would-be emigres
By Jonathan Shamir
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man wrapped in Ukrainian and Israeli national flags prays at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's Old City, March 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
March 14, 2022, 1:52 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 14: Welcome to Israel, Ukrainian Jews. Now face the rabbinate
News editor Amy Spiro breaks down Ukrainian refugee caps and personal status conflicts; Palestinian affairs reporter Aaron Boxerman updates us on the controversial Citizenship Law
By ToI Staff
Newborn twin brothers sleep in a basement used as a bomb shelter at the Okhmadet children's hospital in central Kyiv, Ukraine, February 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
March 1, 2022, 12:49 pm
Genesis Fund oligarchs pledge $10 million for Jews in Ukraine
Co-founded by Ukraine- and Russia-born businessmen and best known for its annual $1 million prize, GPG earmarks funds for evacuation, security and humanitarian needs
By Sue Surkes
Putin Pub, Jerusalem, March 2016. (JKB/Wikimedia Commons)
February 27, 2022, 11:21 am
Popular Jerusalem bar scraps ‘Putin’ name after Ukraine invasion
Putin Pub has been attracting Russian-speakers in Jerusalem for 15 years; amid Moscow’s assault on its neighbor, owners feel they ‘need to speak up’
By Tobias Siegal
Behind the scenes of 'Witness,' a new online production by the Arlekin Players. (Courtesy)
January 8, 2022, 5:53 am
In Boston, COVID sends Russian-Jewish theater group hurtling through space and time
In ‘Witness,’ playing through January 23, the Arlekin Players take their performance online, combining tech elements to transport viewers back to the ill-fated MS St. Louis in 1939
By Julie Masis
Rabbi Yosef Khersonsky cuts the ribbon at the grand opening of the Jewish Point congregation's new synagogue building in Tel Aviv. (Courtesy)
September 3, 2021, 10:49 am
Tel Aviv’s 1st Russian-speaking congregation says ‘da’ to young progressives
Cutting-edge and open-minded, Jewish Point challenges clichés that Israelis from former Soviet states don’t embrace spirituality, as it celebrates its ribbon cutting this week
By Alex Surin
Then-defense minister Avigdor Liberman, left, with Knesset Finance Committee chair MK Moshe Gafni during a Finance Committee meeting at the Knesset on December 6, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
March 15, 2021, 8:52 pm
Seeking to buoy support, UTJ and Yisrael Beytenu find common cause in mudfight
Ramping up rhetoric in race’s final leg, leaders of the Haredi and secular parties see in each other the perfect nemesis to drive turnout among their supporters
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Mickey Paatzsch, left, and Arkadij Khaet on set. (Courtesy of 'Masel Tov Cocktail'/ via JTA)
February 21, 2021, 8:24 am
Short film ‘Masel Tov Cocktail’ explodes stereotypes about young Jews in Germany
The darkly comic 30-minute flick by Arkadij Khaet and Mickey Paatzsch pokes fun at a society still not fully at ease with its Jews; it’s now screening at online film festivals
By Joe Baur
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