There’s a new push to translate sacred Jewish texts into the Ukrainian language amid growing uncertainty
Translators are also currently drafting the first-ever Ukrainian publication of the Torah.
Putin delivers false history at Yad Vashem event
The Russian president’s claim that 40 per cent of Jewish Holocaust victims were from the Soviet Union is absurd, historians said.
How young Jews from the FSU are making the transition to Jewish life in Canada
For many Jewish people living in the Soviet Union, this meant their Judaism had to take a back seat. But now young Jews are trying to reclaim it.
Canadian hockey maven developing players in Russia
Paul Lungen interviews Canadian Daniel Bochner, who is currently training Russian hockey players in St. Petersburg.
Cotler applauds sanctions against Russia
Former federal justice minister Irwin Cotler applauded the Canadian government’s decision to follow the lead of the United States and the European Union by introducing targeted sanctions against Russian officials connected to the annexation of Crimea and that country’s political and military interference in Ukraine.
Opinion: A complicated relationship with Russia
Ruty Korotaev reflects on her visit to her parents’ homeland – a trip with many mixed feelings.
Chief rabbi discusses Jewish life in Vladimir Putin’s Russia during Canadian tour
Jewish life in Russia is flourishing and that “rebirth” can be attributed largely to President Vladimir Putin, said Rabbi Berel Lazar, Chabad-Lubavitch’s head emissary to the Russian Federation.
The roots of Russian anti-Semitism
History has shown that anti-Semitism has been a big part of the Russian-Jewish experience, and has affected many generations of Jews living within the Russian Empire.
Vladimir Putin’s ‘No. 1 enemy’ urges G7 to sanction Russian officials
Bill Browder, who amassed billions of dollars in an investment fund in Russia in the early 1990s, is on a relentless mission to expose the Russian president as, not only corrupt, but having blood on his hands.
The miracle of Soviet Jewry
In Soviet Jewry we see the story of survival against all odds, the miracle of light persevering against the worst kind of darkness, play out not over thousands of years, but over the course of a single century.
