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L.A.’s Russians recapture their Jewish soul
In March, Svetlana Rapoport became a bat mitzvah.
L.A. Russian Jewish Young Adult Network: Everybody has a story
When Viktoriya Kernes was just 13, her mother sent her to a Jewish social event. Kernes had no idea why.
Valley congregation debuts Russian-language program
Congregation Beth Meier will debut a religious school program in Russian for children ages 6 to 8 at its Studio City campus starting Sept. 9.
Mike Wallace: A dissent
Praise for Mike Wallace as a probing investigative reporter saturated news media immediately after his death April 7 at age 93. Virtually all tributes omitted the fact that when it came to anti-Israeli tyrants, terrorists and oppressors of Jewish minorities, Wallace son of Russian Jewish immigrants usually pitched softballs and parroted propaganda.
Homs shelled as Syria demands ‘neutral’ U.N. mission
Syria challenged the United Nations chief over the size and scope of a U.N. truce monitoring mission on Wednesday, resisting a larger presence as its army shelled targets in the city of Homs in violation of the ceasefire.
New approach in effort to bring Russian-speaking U.S. Jews into the fold
When David Weinstein went to summer camp many years ago, the Jewish world was animated by the campaign to free Soviet Jewry.
U.S. airs concerns on Chabad-Russia feud over texts
American officials have weighed in for the first time on a Chabad court victory over the ownership of Chasidic texts, reportedly saying it could jeopardize Russia-U.S. cultural ties. The Associated Press reported that the U.S. Justice Department\’s response Monday to the Chabad-Lubavitch victory about the dangers to cultural relations between the two countries underlines the importance attached to the case by the government.
Report: Iran nuclear plant fully operational within weeks
Iran\’s Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant will be fully operational within weeks, local news agencies quoted a senior Russian diplomat as saying on Thursday.