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US Jewish charity helps thousands of Ukrainian Jews keep warm

A US-based charity has delivered millions of pounds worth of generators to communities

By Georgia L Gilholy

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US Jewish charity helps thousands of Ukrainian Jews keep warm

President of the Conference of European Rabbis, Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt (R) and Rabbi Avichai Apel address a press conference in Berlin on July 12, 2012. Jewish and Muslim groups issued a joint call for German lawmakers to protect the right to circumcise boys after a court ruling against the rite sent shockwaves through their communities. Several Jewish and Islamic organisations said in a statement that they had met with legal and medical experts and European Parliament deputies in Brussels this week to discuss the court's decision. AFP PHOTO / DAVID GANNON (Photo credit should read DAVID GANNON/AFP/GettyImages)

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Exiled Moscow rabbi says Jews will become Russia’s scapegoats

By Daniel Ben-David

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UNKNOWN, ISRAEL - JANUARY 1: An undated file photo of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. (Photo credit should read STF/AFP via Getty Images)

By Colin Shindler

The Essay: The utopian dream that turned into a nightmare for Soviet Jews

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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)

By Nick Cohen

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

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Heroic Ukrainian rabbi reveals his part in daring rescue missions

By Felix Pope

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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

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

The Ukrainian president is depicted as having an abnormally large nose, which is a well-known antisemitic trope

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

November 22, 2022 16:03

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

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

The entire community of the eastern Ukraine city have either fled the country or are holed up in Kyiv

By Paul Cainer

2 min read

November 10, 2022 13:08

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

Israeli human rights activist demands his country supplies arms to Ukraine

Former cabinet minister says it is in Israel's own interest to support Kyiv and that Ukraine - like Israel- has the right to be a free nation

By Paul Cainer

1 min read

November 3, 2022 14:58

Israeli human rights activist demands his country supplies arms to Ukraine

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 19:00

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 16:44

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 15:38

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 18:19

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 12:24

Russians desperately search for Jewish roots to flee military conscription

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US Jewish charity helps thousands of Ukrainian Jews keep warm

Exiled Moscow rabbi says Jews will become Russia’s scapegoats

The Essay: The utopian dream that turned into a nightmare for Soviet Jews

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

Heroic Ukrainian rabbi reveals his part in daring rescue missions

How a Jewish socialite exposed the infamous double agent Kim Philby

My memories of Russian spy next door

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