Follow the Forward’s latest news stories and posts about Russia
Russia
The Latest
-
Fast Forward Who’s Thrilled With The Helsinki Summit, Besides Russia? Israel.
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin both said they will work to ensure Israel’s security, the New York Post reported. During the summit in Helsinki on Monday, Putin called for “full compliance” with the 1974 Israel-Syria Separation of Forces Agreement, which secures the Golan Heights border. “This will bring peace to the Golan…
-
Letters Sorry, Howard Dean, Pogroms In Ukraine Are Not ‘Russian Propaganda’
Dear Governor Dean: You recently tweeted about an article I wrote in these pages. The article was about anti-Semitism and anti-Roma pogroms in Ukraine. You were skeptical: Be interested to know if this is based on Russian disinformation. https://t.co/h2uKTYYKeR — Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) June 25, 2018 I’m glad you’re exhibiting a healthy skepticism. The next…
-
Culture Lev Dodin, One Of Russia’s Great Directors, Confronts A Loveless World
I have been thinking, recently, about the prevalence of female suicide in literature. It started when I saw Simon Stone’s update of Federico García Lorca’s play “Yerma,” in which the unnamed main character kills herself, driven mad by her inability to conceive a child. I was troubled by the choice; in the original “Yerma,” the…
-
Fast Forward Ivanka Communicated During Campaign With Russian Promising Trump-Putin Meeting
Ivanka Trump put President Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen in contact with a Russian weightlifter to facilitate a Trump-Putin business meeting during the campaign, BuzzFeed News reported Wednesday. These interactions have been reviewed by both congressional investigators and Robert Mueller’s team, BuzzFeed said. In November 2015, Ivanka allegedly connected Cohen with weightlifter Dmitry Klokov, a former…
-
Fast Forward Flames Ravage Russian Jewish Cemetery
(JTA) — A fire that raged for hours in the city of Voronezh in Russia consumed large parts of its 19th century Jewish cemetery. The fire appears to have started Friday in the immediate vicinity of the cemetery in the country’s northwest, the news website 36on reported Monday. Police are investigating whether it was the…
-
Opinion Hebrew School Isn’t Supposed To Be ‘Fun’
As a Jewish Soviet immigrant living in a tony New York City suburb, I don’t always fit in. Smalltalk in our WASPy town tends to center around real estate prices, traffic, and sports scores. Even the Jewish moms have impossibly shiny hair and perfect, glossy nails, their toned bodies forever clad in yoga pants. My…
-
Fast Forward Kushner’s Security Clearance Restored After Second Meeting With Mueller
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner had his White House security clearance restored Wednesday, a person familiar with the matter told CNN. Kushner was stripped of his interim clearance in February amid a change in procedures following the resignation of Rob Porter, the President’s staff secretary, who had been allowed to remain…
-
Fast Forward Jared Kushner Was ‘Infuriated’ When Russians Didn’t Deliver Hillary Dirt
Jared Kushner became “agitated” and “infuriate[d]” when a meeting arranged with a Russian Lawyer at Trump Tower in 2016 ended up focusing on U.S. sanctions rather than promised damaging information on Hillary Clinton, a friend of the Trumps who helped set up the meeting testified to Congress. British music producer Rob Goldstone’s testimony to the…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Culture Bob Dylan warned us about guys like Stephen Miller
- 2
Opinion The ICE shooting in Minneapolis shattered my Holocaust survivor father’s American dream
- 3
Opinion A quiet diplomatic shift in the Middle East, with monumental consequences for Israel
- 4
News Why protests in Iran seem surprisingly pro-Israel
In Case You Missed It
-
Yiddish World You can now enjoy the Yiddish Book Center’s exhibit on your phone
-
Fast Forward Circumcision could be ‘child abuse’ if done wrong, UK prosectors warn after deaths
-
Fast Forward Tulsa’s Jewish community pushes back on Oklahoma Jewish charter school proposal
-
Fast Forward Travel disrupted, fears elevated as Israel weathers uncertainty over potential US strike on Iran
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
