Russia
The ideological journey of the Forverts in the first half of the 20th century
In his new book, Gennady Estraikh writes that the Forverts was once heavily influenced by the Russian Jewish intelligentsia.
The global proportion of Jews living in Europe is as low as it was 1,000 years ago. And the future there doesn’t look bright.
“The proportion of Jews residing in Europe is about the same as it was at the time of Benjamin of Tudela, a Jewish medieval traveler, in 1170.”
Adin Steinsaltz was essential to the revival of the Russian Jewish community
The recently deceased rabbi is best known for his Talmud - but his Jewish Center in Moscow was essential to post-Soviet Jewish life.
Russia has a full-time surgeon whose only job is circumcising Jewish men
Dr. Yeshaya Shafit, Russia’s only mohel, travels across the former Soviet Union to correct a historical wrong.
Yefim Haim Goldberg, A Celebrated Russian-Jewish War Veteran, Dies At 106
Born in czarist Russia, his university studies were interrupted by World War II, in which he participated in the conquest of Berlin.
Synagogue torched in northern Russia
Security camera footage showed an arsonist starting the fire at Arkhangelsk’s newly opened Northern Star center.
Putin Pardons Israeli-American backpacker who was sentenced to prison
The 26-year-old has been detained in Russia since April after she was convicted of drug smuggling.
‘Blood Flows Like Water And People Fall Like Flies,’ The Forverts Remembers The Great War
Forverts readers were often desperate for news of their hometowns and families in Europe during World War I.
Can You Guess The Top 10 Countries By Jewish Population?
We’ll give you a hint: Israel is #1.
Israeli Held In Russian Jail For Months On Marijuana Charge
Naama Issachar, a 25-year-old Israeli army veteran, is “falling apart” in prison, her sister said.