Russian Jewry
Outwardly secure and flourishing, the community is a fraction of its former size and dwindling. What troubles the minds of those who stay?
The St. Petersburg of the East.
Aḥad Ha’am on Zionism and Israel.
A prelude to the Holocaust?
Lugging suitcases or large woven bags—anything big enough to hold a carton of matzah without raising suspicion—tens of thousands made their way to underground bakeries.
Formerly home to 30,000 Jews.
The Russian president isn’t anti-Semitic . . . yet.
As told by the author of The Dybbuk.
The number of Jews leaving Russia rose steeply in 2014.
The recently murdered politician was born to a Jewish mother.
David Rozenson, a St. Petersburg-born Jewish educator and activist, recently received an award from the World Wide Association for St. Petersburg Leadership in a ceremony. . .
A major organ of Russia’s state-controlled press has published a dubious report on the distribution of wealth among the country’s various ethnic groups. Jews, unsurprisingly,. . .
