UKRAINE, THE PLACE GOLDA MEIR FLED FROM, NOW EMBRACES HER AS A HERO
Golda Meir, the first and only woman to serve in the position of Israel prime minister, born in Ukraine. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Ukraine-the-place-Golda-Meir-fled-from-now-embraces-her-as-a-hero-553516
Russian Deadly Mall Fire Sparks Blood Libels Against The Jews
March 27, 2018 By Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt It didn’t take long for the anti-Semitic accusations to emerge after a movie theater in the Siberian city of Kemerovo caught fire on Sunday, killing 64 people (41 of them children). Russian social media today has been swirling with blood libels, pointing to the…
Vladimir Putin has been supportive of Jews, but antisemitism is rife in Russia
History suggests the future promises nothing comforting for the Jews of Russia Semyon Dovzhik March 21, 2018 On the day of the presidential election last Sunday, Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar published a fascinating post on Facebook. “In my opinion, ” he wrote, “today’s Russia is one of the most…
Ukraine to memorialize historic Lviv synagogue destroyed by Nazis
City planning to erect a subtle, outdoor monument to mark site of Eastern Europe's first Reform temple By JTA Municipal authorities in the city of Lviv in Ukraine are designing a monument marking the site where one of the region’s first Reform synagogues once stood before the Nazis destroyed it.…
Hundreds march with Nazi SS veterans in Latvia
By Cnaan Liphshiz March 16, 2018 RIGA, Latvia (JTA) — Police arrested a man for displaying a poster of soldiers killing Jews at the annual march by local veterans of two SS divisions that made up the Latvian Legion during World War II. The man was arrested Friday morning on…
In frozen Siberia, a small Jewish community is unthawed
On the day an ancient synagogue is returned to the Jews of Tomsk by the Russian government, the caretaker's grandson reveals the Torah scroll his family kept secret for 90 years By Yaakov Schwartz 16 March 2018 TOMSK, Russia — As fish was eaten and toasts raised by the Jewish…
UCSJ REPORT: ANTISEMITISM IN UKRAINE 2017
National Minority Rights Monitoring Group Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union Antisemitism in Ukraine, 2017 Monitoring Report Vyacheslav Lykhachev Kyiv 2018 Antisemitic Hate Crimes Statistics 1. Physical attacks on the grounds of antisemitism According to my monitoring, no cases of antisemitic violence were registered in 2017.…
Putin praises achievements of ultra-nationalist anti-Semitic writer
Russian president sends 80th birthday wishes to Alexander Prokhanov, who once wrote about Jews planning to steal blood, organs in order to sell in Israel By AFP MOSCOW, Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday praised the “social, literary and journalistic activities” of the editor of an ultra-nationalist newspaper…
As Chabad emissaries expelled from Russia, chief rabbi sees a friend in Putin
With a rejuvenated Russian Jewish community, Rabbi Berel Lazar envisions technology as the next big step in reaching even the farthest-flung Siberian Jews By Yaakov Schwartz February 13, '18 Rabbi Berel Lazar at his office in Moscow, February 5, 2018. (Ariel Schnabel) Rabbi Berel Lazar at his office in Moscow,…
Wave of persecution against Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses and Hindus
Vladimir Rozanskij The construction of a Mormon church in Novosibirk was forbidden, despite Supreme Court ruling. Police raids in private homes of Jehovah's Witnesses: soldiers in full combat gear and ranks of informers. A Hindu "guru" also opposed and spied on by false disciples. Moscow (AsiaNews) - The Supreme Court…