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Fast Forward Gleaming $20M JCC Opens in Luxe Moscow Suburb
(JTA) — On the only road connecting this affluent village on Moscow’s western outskirts, Russian secret service agents are blocking all inbound traffic. Drivers bound for Zhukovka pull over and step out to smoke while chatting with other motorists as a line of luxury cars grows on the shoulder of a two-lane road. The closures are…
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Fast Forward Israel Claims Russian Military Jet Violated Airspace
A Russian military jet violated Israeli airspace but was not shot down, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said. The jet breached Israeli airspace by a mile and turned back when Russia was informed of its mistake, Yaalon said Sunday during an interview on Israel Public Radio. The breach came recently while Russia was carrying out…
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Fast Forward ‘Tragic Scene’ as Russian Plane Crashes in Egypt’s Sinai With 224 Aboard
A Russian airliner carrying 224 passengers and crew crashed in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula on Saturday, and a security officer at the scene said most passengers appeared to have been killed. The Airbus A321, operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia under the brand name Metrojet, was flying from the Sinai Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to…
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Fast Forward Russia Chief Rabbi Leads Solidarity Trip to Jerusalem
Dozens of Russian Jewish community leaders and businessmen arrived in Israel for a solidarity visit led by Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar. The approximately 50 visitors from across the Russian Federation landed in Israel earlier this week and are scheduled to return next week, Lazar said. The group was scheduled to leave for Israel after…
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Fast Forward Is Russia’s Middle East Intervention a Hidden Boon for Israel?
(JTA) — As a defiant Russia again flexes military muscles in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, Cold War analogies are, perhaps, unavoidable. The deployment last month of Russian warplanes in Syria laid bare Moscow’s readiness to use force to punish leaders who would challenge its authority — as in Ukraine, from which it annexed…
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Fast Forward Russian Military Delegation to Visit Israel to Discuss Syria Operations
A senior Russian military delegation will visit Israel on Tuesday for two days of talks on how the countries can avoid accidentally clashing while operating in Syria, an Israeli military officer said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Sept. 21 to set up teams as Moscow steps up military…
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Food Russia’s Kosher Food Giant Aims for Halal Empire
Pinhas Slobodkin, center, with staff at a Moscow event serving kosher food in 2014. (JTA) — At Russia’s largest kosher food factory, owner Pinhas Slobodnik welcomes his Muslim workers with a greeting in Arabic that he pronounces in a thick Russian accent. Some 120 workers, most from the predominantly Muslim republics of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, are…
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Fast Forward Top Russian Rabbi Says NGO Crackdown Worries Jews
A senior Russian rabbi condemned the government’s listing of a Jewish welfare group as a foreign agent, calling it part of a policy which is making Jews insecure of their future in Russia. Boruch Gorin, a Chabad rabbi who acts as a senior aide to Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar and as editor-in-chief of the…
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