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The Extremism and Xenophobia of Ukraine’s Svoboda (Freedom) Party

August 22, 2013August 22, 2013 by UCSJ

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by Leonid Stonov, International Director August 2013 More than half a year has passed since the nationalist, right-wing, extremist party "Svoboda" (“Freedom”) became one of the main Ukrainian parties that crossed the parliamentary barrier and had a representative in a high position – vice-speaker of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament).…

Cross Defaced Opposite Grave of Rabbi Nachman in Uman, Ukraine

August 19, 2013 by UCSJ

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(JTA) — A cross near the gravesite of a Jewish sage in Uman, Ukraine, was defaced with a Hebrew inscription. Hebrew graffiti was discovered Aug. 12 on a cross opposite the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, the 18th century founder of the Breslov hasidic movement, the Ukrainian news site allday.in.ua reported…

Russian Human Rights Council Reviewing Jewish Teacher’s Sentence

August 12, 2013 by UCSJ

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Ilya Farber, a Jewish schoolteacher, recently was sentenced to seven years in labor camp and fined a large sum after being convicted of corruption. Many believe his trial was unfair and that he was persecuted for his Jewish background. The prosecutor in Farber's initial trial said to the jury "Is…

Rabbi Shot In Russia Discharged from Israeli Hospital

August 12, 2013 by UCSJ

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JTA reports that shot Chabad rabbi has been released from Rabin Medical Center in Petach Tivkah after having surgery to repair his liver. Rabbi Artur Ovadia Isakov, 40, was shot on July 24th while heading home in Derbent. Authorities believe it was an antisemitic attack by Muslim extremists. Isakov intends…

Shot Dagestan Rabbi in Stable Condition

July 30, 2013 by UCSJ

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The Times of Israel has reported that Ovadia Isakov, a Chabad rabbi, was in serious but stable condition after being shot by a suspected terrorist in Russia on Thursday. Isakov is the chief rabbi of Derbent, in the Republic of Dagestan. Russia’s Investigative Committee stated that Isakov’s overt Jewish identity “is among…

UCSJ Attends Second Annual International Religious Freedom (IRF) Roundtable

July 2, 2013July 2, 2013 by UCSJ

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On Thursday, June 27, 2013, UCSJ's President, Larry Lerner, and Associate Director, Maria Weissman, attended the second annual International Religious Freedom (IRF) Roundtable event. The IRF is an informal alliance of over one hundred faith-based organizations, religious freedom advocates and NGOs. The event was held on Capitol Hill in the Cannon Caucus…

Anti-Semitic Ukrainian Party Leaders Banned from U.S.

July 2, 2013 by UCSJ

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JTA — Two leaders of Ukraine’s ultranationalist Svoboda Party have been banned from entering the United States for their open anti-Semitism, a Ukrainian daily reported. Svoboda leaders Oleh Tyahnybok and Igor Miroshnichenko were declared persona non grata in the United States earlier this year, following talks with Jewish leaders including…

New Memorial Complex to Be Built at Babi Yar Massacre Site

June 25, 2013 by UCSJ

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The World Forum of Russian-speaking Jews (WFRJ) announced on Sunday that a new memorial complex will be built at Babi Yar, the Ukrainian site in which approximately 50,000 Jews were massacred by Nazis during the Holocaust, The Times of Israel reports. WRFJ President Alexander Levin presented a model of the…

Human Right Watch– “Foreign Agents” Law Hits Hundreds of NGOs: Updated June 10, 2013

June 13, 2013June 13, 2013 by UCSJ

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From Human Rights Watch-- Starting in early March 2013 the Russian government launched a nationwide campaign of inspections of nongovernmental organizations, unprecedented in its scale and scope. The inspections were highly extensive, disruptive, invasive, and often intimidating. To date, hundreds of organizations in different regions of Russia have been subject…

Expulsion of U.S. Lawyer from Russia Possibly Due to Magnitsky Backing

May 24, 2013 by UCSJ

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The Moscow Times-- The lack of an official explanation for the abrupt expulsion from Russia of U.S. lawyer and former Justice Department official Thomas Firestone earlier this month has led to a flurry of speculation about what may have prompted it. Firestone, an expert on corruption in Russian law enforcement agencies who worked as a lawyer for the Moscow office of the Baker &…

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