Moscow poisonings bring only shrugs and rumors here
Si Frumkin
March 16, 2007
Rumors abound. Conspiracy theories flourish. The Russian community knows — absolutely knows — that nothing is ever what it seems.
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Hamas Rises as Kadima Declines
Leslie Susser
March 9, 2006
After a visit to Moscow, Hamas leaders claim \”the wall\” of diplomatic isolation Israel is trying to build around the newly empowered organization is collapsing.
But Israeli government officials say they are still confident that the international community will cut off funds to a Hamas-led Palestinian Authority and back Israeli moves for a second unilateral pullback from Palestinian territory.
Super Sunday Aims at Aiding Programs
Marc Ballon
February 16, 2006
\”The Federation improved our lives,\” said Khananashvili, now a 48-year-old social worker and Beverly Hills resident. \”They gave us our start here and protected us under their shield. We\’re very grateful.\”
Attacks on Moscow Synagogues
Lev Krichevsky
January 19, 2006
Moscow\’s five functioning synagogues have been repeated targets.
Indifference Enables Moscow Shul Attack
Lev Krichevsky
January 19, 2006
The incident took place just before the evening service, when the Bolshaya Bronnaya Synagogue in downtown Moscow was full of worshippers. The shul is one of the oldest in Moscow and serves as the base of the Agudas Chasidei Chabad in Russia, a Lubavitch organization.
From Russia With Love
Adam Wills
May 5, 2005
Between the stars for Shari Lewis and Sidney Sheldon on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, three middle-aged Russian Jews and a 30-something Arizona native are hoping a controversial artist will help establish them as players in Southern California\’s museum culture.
Windows to the Yiddish Soul
David Finnigan
December 16, 2004
Russia\’s Yiddish actors, playwrights and poets are some of the oft-forgotten victims of the 20th century\’s murderous Stalinist purges.
Lenin, Meet Noah
Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
October 14, 2004
Fall was just beginning to turn the Moscow air crispy when the lot of us — 10 high school seniors and three faculty members of Yeshiva University Los Angeles Girls\’ School — trudged down the stairs of our Intourist Hotel in the late \’80s, and began our walk of several miles, not to the better-known Chabad Lubavitch Synagogue or to the Moscow Choral Synagogue, but to another shul in the city\’s north.
Israel, Russia Sign Memo on Terrorism
Dan Baron
September 9, 2004
It was not clear what form the new Israeli-Russian cooperation would take.
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