Belarus court clears way for building of luxury apartments atop former Jewish cemeteries
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
August 25, 2017
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Israel closing five consulates, including Philadelphia
Jewish Journal
January 6, 2016
In a budget-cutting move, Israel is closing five of its diplomatic offices around the world.
Alleged Nazi war criminal who moved to Canada dies at 93
Jewish Journal
May 29, 2015
Vladimir Katriuk, a native Ukrainian who avoided deportation from Canada for 64 years after hiding his Nazi past to move there, died peacefully in Quebec.
Belarus Jewish leader convicted of tax evasion, sentenced to time served
Jewish Journal
March 29, 2013
Yuri Dorn, a Jewish community leader in Belarus, was convicted for tax evasion but set free after a year in jail.
Belarus Holocaust memorial vandalized
Jewish Journal
June 4, 2012
A Holocaust memorial in eastern Belarus was vandalized.
Ex-Israeli ambassador to Belarus is indicted for aiding Lieberman
Jewish Journal
May 2, 2012
Israel\’s former ambassador to Belarus was indicted for providing Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman with documents relating to an investigation against Lieberman.
Belarus synagogue vandalized again
Jewish Journal
November 15, 2011
A synagogue in eastern Belarus was vandalized for the second time.
‘Defiance’ celebrates Jews’ daring acts of WW II resistance
Tom Tugend
December 25, 2008
\”Every day of freedom is like an act of faith,\” says Tuvia Bielski, one of three brothers who led a partisan group battling Nazi troops in the forests of Belarus.
IFF: Belarus actress returns with a hat trick
Yana Ivrii
February 23, 2007
When it comes to the country\’s large community of immigrants from the former Soviet Union, there is perhaps no performer who\’s succeeded more in entertainment, or conveyed a more fully developed sense of the U.S.S.R.\’s former Jews than Dodina.
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