Russian Jewry

Formerly home to 30,000 Jews.

Susan Blumberg-Kason
March 30 2016 12:01AM

The Russian president isn’t anti-Semitic . . . yet.

Nov. 11 2015 12:01AM

Only on the surface.

Miriam Pollock
Oct. 14 2015 12:01AM

As told by the author of The Dybbuk.

Polly Zavadivker
Oct. 1 2015 12:01AM

The number of Jews leaving Russia rose steeply in 2014.

Roman Super and Claire Bigg
July 6 2015 12:01AM

The recently murdered politician was born to a Jewish mother.

Pinchas Goldschmidt
March 9 2015 12:01AM

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. . .

Feb. 19 2015 12:01AM

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,. . .

Masha Gessen
Nov. 7 2014 12:01AM

To the bestselling novelist Gary Shteyngart, the success achieved by Soviet Jewish immigrants in America is a tragic sellout. He should speak for himself.

July 16 2014 12:01AM

Plans are afoot to construct a park where Moscow’s ghetto once stood. Will the new development make room for the area’s Jewish past?

Joy Neumeyer
Dec. 5 2013 12:00AM

Old Odessa was tempting: a Vegas-like playground free of restrictions where “you can see the flames of hell.” But what does Odessa tell us. . .

Jeffrey Veidlinger
Aug. 12 2013 12:00AM