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Dominic Green

Evan Gershkovich is just a pawn in Russia’s cynical hostage game

Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich was detained days after US authorities announced espionage charges against a Russian national

By Dominic Green

3 min read

2PNC0JY Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia has used antisemitism as a political weapon for years

Mark Hollingsworth

By Mark Hollingsworth

Russia has used antisemitism as a political weapon for years

5 min read

US demands release of Jewish reporter accused by Russians of spying

US demands release of Jewish reporter accused by Russians of spying

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Film review: Tetris - Gaming crosses the Iron Curtain

Film review: Tetris - Gaming crosses the Iron Curtain

By Linda Marric

1 min read

Sidney Reilly book review: The mysterious agent of his own downfall

Sidney Reilly book review: The mysterious agent of his own downfall

2 min read

Ukraine Holocaust memorial damaged by missile strike

Ukraine Holocaust memorial damaged by missile strike

2 min read

Ukraine's Chief Rabbi attacks Russia-Iranian alliance and encourages Israeli military assistance

Ukraine's Chief Rabbi attacks Russia-Iranian alliance and encourages Israeli military assistance

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

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Jews will thrive again in Russia one day, says exiled chief rabbi

Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt says once there's regime change, there will be a blossoming community

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February 23, 2023 11:04

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 26: Pinchas Goldschmidt, president of the Conference of European Rabbis, during the ordination ceremony of Nosson Kaplan, Benjamin Kochan, Jochanan Guggenheim, to become Orthodox rabbis at the Westend synagogue, on September 26, 2016 in Frankfurt, Germany. The three men, who completed their rabbinical studies at the Rabbiner Seminar zu Berlin and are the first Orthodox rabbis to be ordained in Frankfurt since World War II, will serve Jewish communities across Germany. (Photo by Hannelore Foerster/Getty Images)

After a year of war, 'the most meaningful place to be Jewish is Ukraine'

If you’re Jewish, you’re living proof that Putin is lying, says 24-year-old 'Tanya'

By John Sweeney

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February 23, 2023 09:54

Ukainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stands in the town of Bucha, northwest of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, on April 4, 2022. - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 3, 2022 the Russian leadership was responsible for civilian killings in Bucha, outside Kyiv, where bodies were found lying in the street after the town was retaken by the Ukrainian army. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Colin Shindler

By Colin Shindler

Ukraine’s history has been used and abused

The intertwined history of Russia, Ukraine and the Jews is part of the background to conflict

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February 22, 2023 11:34

Ukraine’s history has been used and abused

Tom Gross

We must not forget the Soviet dissidents

Many were Jewish and some, like Victor Fainberg, were locked up in psychiatric prisons and tortured for years

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February 8, 2023 14:20

We must not forget the Soviet dissidents

'We know freedom will win,' Zelensky declares in historic address to Parliament

The Jewish leader of Ukraine thanked Britain for its support since Russia's brutal invasion nearly one year ago

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February 8, 2023 13:56

'We know freedom will win,' Zelensky declares in historic address to Parliament

Naftali Bennett: Putin told me 'I won't kill Zelensky'

Former Israeli Prime Minister went on a mediation mission to Moscow in the early days of the war

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February 5, 2023 13:29

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during their meeting, in Sochi, on October 22 2021. (Photo by Yevgeny BIYATOV / Sputnik / AFP) (Photo by YEVGENY BIYATOV/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

Muppets in Moscow Book review: When Kermit and Miss Piggy went to the Kremlin

A fascinating account of how an American TV classic was exported to Russia

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February 2, 2023 17:11

Muppets in Moscow Book review: When Kermit and Miss Piggy went to the Kremlin

Kremlin warns Israel over claims it may supply Ukraine with Iron Dome tech

Jerusalem is reportedly considering military aid for Kyiv, after months of rejecting President Zelensky’s requests

By Georgia L Gilholy

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February 2, 2023 16:38

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the restoration of residential infrastructure in the border areas destroyed during emergency situations, via a video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on February 1, 2023. (Photo by Mikhail KLIMENTYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)

Are we heading for Armageddon by accident?

Israeli psychologist warns dated nuclear protocols are putting the world at a minute to midnight

By Dominic Green

4 min read

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February 2, 2023 12:07

Atomic bomb realistic explosion, red color with smoke on black background

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