Ukrainian Jews call for help from world to end Russian conflict
The vice-president of the World Jewish Congress, recently in Toronto, says Ukraine needs help from the international community to pressure Russia to abide by international law. The question is how to “withstand the Russian aggression.”
Where is the outcry over Aleppo?
The world’s indifference to the ongoing slaughter of Syrians – in particular, the Russian-Assad brutal bombing in Aleppo – is stunning
An integration challenge that won’t go away
40 years after Russian-speaking Jews first arrived here, some say a divide remains. How should Canadian Jews approach the problem
Limmud FSU event features culture, religion, education
Hundreds gathered at the all-ages Limmud FSU event, hailed as the only event in Toronto that engages the Russian-Jewish and Israeli community together through education and the arts. The annual, volunteer-run conference, held Sept. 11 at the Schwartz/Reisman Centre in Vaughan, offered 40 lectures, workshops and panel discussions by more than 30 speakers with expertise […]
Russia says Abbas, Netanyahu agree ‘in principle’ to meet
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas have agreed “in principle” to meet to discuss restarting peace talks in Moscow
The Talmud is making a comeback in Russia
Initiative is part of Moscow-based Jewish publishing house’s ambitious plan to make the text more accessible to a readership of 260 million Russian speakers worldwide
Physician with Jewish roots at centre of Russia’s Olympic doping scandal
A Russian physician of Jewish descent who for decades has been illegally doping athletes is one of the central figures in the scandal that led to the partial ban on Russia in the Rio Olympics
Can it happen here?
Today’s American predicament combines racial and ethnic animosity with the mistrust of authority, while raising the potential for a demagogic turn in democratic life
Russia opens its first-ever Jewish prayer space for women in prison
The Jewish house of worship in the Number 2 Penal Colony of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia has a capacity of 20 worshippers
Russian-Israeli director’s Ukraine doc nominated for Oscar
Evgeny Afineevsky’s ‘Winter on Fire’ nominated for best documentary feature at the Academy Awards
