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Russian Jews

A statue of Stalin stands out on an abstract background of blue and pink.
Posted inOff the Shelf

Jewish writers with Soviet roots have deep stories to tell

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman June 15, 2021June 15, 2021
Matzah travels on the production line of the Tiferet HaMatzot factory in Dnepro, Ukraine, Dec. 8, 2014. (Photo/JTA-Cnaan Liphshiz)
Posted inHolidays

Jews in the former Soviet Union eat pounds of matzah per person — the most in the world — every year. Here’s why.

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA March 29, 2021March 29, 2021
Opposition political leader Alexei Navalny's supporters seen marching in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Jan. 31, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Aleksey Fokin-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Why Russian Jews are divided over the anti-Putin movement

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA February 24, 2021February 24, 2021
This building, at Geary Blvd. and 20th Avenue, will be home to a new San Francisco Russian Jewish community center.
Posted inReligion

San Francisco Russian Jewish community gets its own center

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 28, 2021February 8, 2021
The Maccabees depicted in a page from a 14th-century Italian illuminated manuscript.
Posted inLetters

Hanukkah isn’t ‘woke’; Antifa dangers downplayed; BDS, BDS, BDS; etc.

by J. Readers December 18, 2020December 18, 2020
Snow falls on a Hanukkah Menorah made of ice in Tomsk, Russia, Dec. 8, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Levy Kaminetsky)
Posted inWorld

A Siberian synagogue has a 10-foot menorah made of ice

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA December 11, 2020
Nataliya Olshanskaya plays Natasha in "Birth Right." (Photo/JTA-Ilya Marcus)
Posted inTV & Film

A short film offers new perspective on Birthright — through the eyes of young Russian Jews

by Stephen Silver and JTA December 8, 2020December 8, 2020
Esther Cohen is flanked by her husband Samuel (left) and German President Joachim Gauck in Ioannina, Greece, March 7, 2014. (Photo/JTA-Wolfgang Kumm-picture alliance via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

6 of Europe’s most prominent Holocaust survivors have died over the past month

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA December 3, 2020December 3, 2020
Jews from the former Soviet Union, such as Google founder Sergey Brin, have left a huge mark in the tech industry. (Photo/JTA-Leon Neal-Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Jews from the former Soviet Union have had an outsized tech impact. Israel’s government wants to harness that.

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA November 11, 2020November 11, 2020
a man with a beard wearing scrubs stands with four men in their 20s
Posted inWorld

Need an adult circumcision in Russia? There’s only one man for the job.

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA August 6, 2020

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