Belarus
Remains Of 1,200 Holocaust Victims Uncovered During Construction Work Reburied
The mass grave was found in Brest in February, containing human remains belonging to adults and children as well as clothes and shoes.
Israeli Man From Belarus Convicted For Joining ISIS
He reportedly converted to Islam during his military service, after having met his wife, who is Arab.
Marc Chagall’s Belarus Hometown Celebrates First Synagogue In Century
The hometown in Belarus of the late artist Marc Chagall saw its first opening of a synagogue in over a century.
Belarus Jews Don’t Mind Living Under Dictator — For Now
MINSK, Belarus At the age of 36, Yishai Malkin and his family are leading what millions of people in the former Soviet Union would consider a cha
This Holocaust Monument In Belarus Is Haunting — And Subversive
KHATYN, Belarus — Even by Soviet standards, the massive memorial complex near Minsk to the victims of Nazi atrocities stands out for its im…
Russian Gave Jared A Bag Of Soil From Grandparents’ Hometown
The fact that Jared Kushner met with a Russian lawyer promising dirt on Hillary Clinton during the campaign is well known.
Jared Kushner’s Family Is A Legend In This Belarus Town
Residents of Novogrudok are proud of the Kushners, who are locally famous for escaping from the town ghetto during the Holocaust.
Belarus Hometown Honors Shimon Peres at Childhood Home
(JTA) — Residents of the Belarus birthplace of Shimon Peres gathered outside his childhood home to pay their respects to the most important international figure to ever emerge from their village. Villagers in Vishnyeva learned about the Israeli statesman’s death Wednesday from Limmud FSU, a Jewish education organization that has remained in regular contact with the remote…
Why Does Wikileaks Have a Reputation for Anti-Semitism?
Since gaining international attention in 2010 with the release of nearly 100,000 classified logs of the war in Iraq, Wikileaks — often through the actions of its founder Julian Assange — has repeatedly come under fire for anti-Semitism.
Svetlana Alexievich's Nobel Prize Is Tribute to Her Fight Against Anti-Semitic Belarus Tyrant
As she explained in a 2013 interview with Deutsche Welle, Germany’s international broadcaster, Svetlana Alexievich, whose Nobel Prize for Literature was announced on October 8, is a banned author in her homeland of Belarus.