New remembrance day created by the Kremlin omits any mention of Jewish Holocaust victims, despite falling on the same date as ...

In this video, author Elvira Bary explores the history of Jews in Russia, from the Pale of Settlement and tsarist pogroms to ...

There’s a lot of uncertainty surrounding the Jewish Agency for Israel office in Moscow. Here is what we know: Last month, Russia’s Justice Ministry called for the Jewish Agency to end operations in ...

North Korea has been publicly honoring its troops who fought for Russia in the war in Ukraine. Ukraine's special forces, in ...

Jews in the predominantly Muslim region of Dagestan in southern Russia say they are determined to regroup and rebuild following a deadly attack by Islamic militants on Christian and Jewish houses of ...

A Russian court has sentenced the decorated Russian-Jewish writer Masha Gessen to eight years in prison in absentia over comments they made about the country’s conduct in the Ukraine war in 2022. The ...

One year ago, at 4 a.m., Russian missiles attacked Ukraine, and everything changed. The historic renaissance of Russian Jewry after the fall of communism came to an abrupt halt. Russia not only ...

(JTA) — An exodus of Jews from Russia since President Vladimir Putin invaded neighboring Ukraine has drawn widespread attention over the last year. But according to statistics released recently by ...

(The Conversation) — During the Cold War, Russia’s refusal to allow Jews to leave the country reflected its political aims. The same is likely true today, a Jewish studies scholar explains. Now, ...

A teen leader of a high school cultural club discovers how food, language and tradition can connect communities.

Two and a half years ago, a young Orthodox rabbi from New York set down in the port city of Vladivostok, family in tow. Yisroel Silberstein came with a mission, and he expected to stay for good. Out ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 sparked a surge of refugees fleeing the war zone, but political repression and economic uncertainty have also prompted emigration from Russia itself.