Russia

There’s one dog in Putin’s war that has not barked… yet

From the tsars to the Soviet communists, Russia’s rulers have exploited the world’s oldest hatred in times of crisis

By Nick Cohen

3 min read

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends his New Year address to Russians in central Moscow on December 31, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Alexey NIKOLSKY (Photo credit should read ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/AFP/Getty Images)

Ukraine

Heroic Ukrainian rabbi reveals his part in daring rescue missions

By Felix Pope

2 min read

How a Jewish socialite exposed the infamous double agent Kim Philby

By Nicole Lampert

2 min read

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By Nicole Lampert

My memories of Russian spy next door

2 min read

Russia

Russia’s UK embassy tweets antisemitic meme of Ukraine's President Zelensky

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Ukraine

‘The only ones left’: Shabbat with the Jews of Donetsk

By Paul Cainer

2 min read

Ukraine

Israeli human rights activist demands his country supplies arms to Ukraine

By Paul Cainer

1 min read

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Legendary Nazi hunter says US will tighten laws to prosecute Russian war crimes

The US remains an outlier among its allies on crimes against humanity prosecution rules

By Georgia L Gilholy

1 min read

November 3, 2022 14:56

Eli Rosenbaum, director of the Human Rights Enforcement Strategy and Policy and counselor for War Crimes Accountability at the US Department of Justice, testifies about the war in Ukraine during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "From Nuremberg to Ukraine: Accountability for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity," on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, September 28, 2022. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Top Russian security official apologises after deputy dubs Chabad a 'cult'

The comments caused widespread distress amongst the country's Jewish leaders

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

October 28, 2022 18:00

Russian Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev speaks during a trilateral summit between the US, Israel and Russia, in Jerusalem on June 25, 2019. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Russian Chief Rabbi furious as top security official dubs Chabad a 'cult'

Ukraine requires 'desatanisation' writes Russian Security Council member

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

October 26, 2022 15:44

Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar attends the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in Moscow on May 9, 2021. - Russia celebrates the 76th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

By David Rose

Abbas is cosying up to Putin, why is anyone surprised?

Even by the depraved standards of the PA his toadying visit to Vladimir Putin this week was egregious

3 min read

October 14, 2022 14:38

TOPSHOT - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on the sidelines of the Sixth Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Astana on October 13, 2022. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by VYACHESLAV PROKOFYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)

Abbas breaks with West to meet with Putin

The Palestinian leader said in a meeting with Vladimir Putin that 'Russia stands by justice and international law'

By Ben Bloch

1 min read

October 13, 2022 17:19

Abbas breaks with West to meet with Putin

Russians desperately search for Jewish roots to flee military conscription

As Vladimir Putin enforces a military call-up, Russian men have hunted through their family history to find any proof of Jewish roots to claim Israeli citizenship

By Ben Bloch

3 min read

October 12, 2022 11:24

Russians desperately search for Jewish roots to flee military conscription

Book review: The Story of Russia - Russia’s story always excluded Jews

Orlando Figes' new work is a truly incisive and important dissection of this country's troubled past

By Colin Shindler

1 min read

October 6, 2022 14:06

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the National Space Centre construction site in Moscow on February 27, 2022. (Photo by Sergei GUNEYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI GUNEYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)

In the shadow of Babyn Yar, Ukraine’s Jews return home

At the start of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in February, Kyiv's Central Synagogue was packed to the gunnels with human misery. Today, the shul is near-normal, as Kyiv bustles almost as busily as before the war started

By John Sweeney

5 min read

October 6, 2022 11:14