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Israel’s democracy needs a place where local disagreements can be resolved - opinion

Until those structures exist, the work falls to Derech Eretz’s groups in Jerusalem, Rishon Lezion, Ashkelon, and other cities with large Russian-speaking populations.

 RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS attend an event in 2015 in Jerusalem marking the 25th anniversary of the great Russian aliyah from the former Soviet Union to Israel.
Students participate in the hackathon at WIZO Nachlat Yehuda.

WIZO Rishon Lezion youth village teens create fact-checking bot

Ehud Barak, a former prime minister of Israel, announces the establishment of a new political party that he will lead, in Tel Aviv, June 26, 2019.

Former Moscow rabbi says he rebuffed proposal to convert Russians discussed in Epstein recording

Interior of abandoned Dar Bishi synagogue in the Libyan capital Tripoli. Illustrative.

Russian-Israeli released from Libyan jail after breaking into Tripoli synagogue


Former boxing champ Yuri Foreman is now the ‘Vegan Boxing Rabbi’

Former boxer Yuri Foreman is planning a boxing comeback – only this time, he's an ordained Rabbi.

yuri foreman boxer

Russian Jews have a different relationship with Israel than US Jews - opinion

American Jewish schools teach that Israel is an outpost of liberalism in the Mideast.

 Siberian Jews celebrate the opening of a new Jewish education center in Tomsk, Russia, Sept. 12, 2021.

A young, gay Russian Jew navigates ’80s New York in ‘Minyan,’ a new film set in Brighton Beach

Eric Steel’s film finds a unique way to highlight its queer themes through the prism of an Orthodox Jewish culture that heavily prizes manhood and strength in numbers.

A man walks past an Orthodox yeshiva in Brooklyn, Sept. 29, 2020.

Jerusalem House of Quality shows 'Yoffi shel Israel' exhibit

The 'Yoffi shel Israel' project that promotes Israeli art created by immigrant artists from Russia is being hosted at the Jerusalem House of Quality.

 Inside the Jerusalem House of Quality.

New exhibition celebrates the beauty (yoffi) of Israel

Commissioning 36 artists who made aliyah from the former Soviet Union, their artwork is now presented to the public as part of the Yoffi shel Israel (Beauty of Israel) postcard exhibition.

 WESTERN WALL by Irina Peres.

In ‘Golden Voices,’ Russian movie dubbers reinvent themselves in Israel, to hilarious effect

Russian movie dubbers reinvent themselves in Israel, to hilarious effect

An immigrant from the former Soviet Union speaks to the Knesset Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs.

6,500 Holocaust survivors to receive pension from Germany for first time

6,500 Holocaust survivors will receive pensions from Germany, including Russian, German, Israeli and French nationals who hid in Nazi-occupied territory.

An original yellow star (not on general display) is seen at the artifacts department of the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, ahead of the Israeli annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 10, 2018

Siberian Jews open region’s largest Jewish education center in Tomsk

Tomsk is symbolic for many Russian Jews for its Cantonist community, which has become an icon of the determination of many Jews in Russia to adhere to their faith and culture.

 Siberian Jews celebrate the opening of a new Jewish education center in Tomsk, Russia, Sept. 12, 2021.

'Bring vodka:' Shas MK blasted for racist comments towards Yesh Atid MK

"What national pride have you brought? An interior minister convicted of accepting bribes and sitting in jail?" MK Vladimir Beliak said, as Shas MKs yelled "Vodka, vodka" from the opposition benches.

Shas MK Moshe Abutbul

Putin holds up Israel as a model of unity for Ukrainians and Russians

"They seem to be unlike each other, but all the same, the Jewish people value their unity,” he said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking during an official inauguration of the monument honoring the heroes of the siege of Leningrad