In Dagestan, a crowd of anti-Semites broke into the airport: they were looking for Jews

An angry crowd in Makhachkala, Dagestan, a predominantly Muslim region of Russia, stormed the airport where a flight from Israel arrived on October 29. Authorities closed the airport and redirected flights, CNN reported. Numerous videos published on social networks show a crowd of people at Makhachkala Uytash airport...

Risk yourself for others: how representatives of different countries and religions saved Jews during the Holocaust

On January 27, the whole world honors the memory of the victims of one of the greatest tragedies of humanity - the Holocaust. And although at that time most Europeans reacted to the genocide with indifference, and some countries even took part in the extermination of Jews, there were people everywhere...

Former Chief Rabbi of Moscow Urges Jews to Leave Russia 'While They Can'

Moscow's chief rabbi in exile says Jews should leave Russia while they still can before they are made scapegoats for hardship caused by the war in Ukraine. The Guardian published more details. “When we look back at Russian history, everyone…

Seven wise rules for raising children among Jews

Raising children is a very important process on which the future of the child depends. Jewish parents, who put their children above all else, have developed several rules for raising a child that are worth taking note. The main seven tips were collected by Prointerest. 1. Don’t create complexes for your children. Jewish mother...

1200 Jewish leaders from the United States and Canada gathered at the General Assembly of Jewish Federations to work together to find solutions to important problems for American Jews

After a three-year hiatus caused by the pandemic, more than 1200 leaders of Jewish communities in North America gathered on October 30 in Chicago, Illinois for a three-day General Assembly of Jewish Federations. The conference will determine the unified agenda of the Jewish community for the coming year, and will also host…

Judgment Day: interesting facts and traditions of the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur

The Yom Kippur holiday among the Jews is one of the most important in the religion of Judaism, and many interesting traditions are associated with it, reports NV. The names of the months and days according to the Torah do not coincide with the Christian ones, and the holidays are fundamentally different. So, the Yom Kippur Feast of the Day of Judgment in…

Volunteers from the US and Canada will celebrate Rosh Hashanah for Ukrainian refugees in Poland

The celebration of Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) for hundreds of Ukrainian refugees of Jewish origin in Poland will be held with the help of volunteers from the US and Canada. The project is coordinated by the Global Volunteer Center of the Jewish Federations of North America in collaboration with the Joint (American Jewish United…

Chief Rabbi of Ukraine: 'I was born in Leningrad and never thought that I would have to come under fire from Russian tanks and artillery'

The Brodsky synagogue is located in the very center of the Ukrainian capital, just a few kilometers from the symbolic Kyiv square of Independence Square. Founded in 1898, “it was closed down by the communists in 1926, returned to the Jewish community in 1997, and in 2000 to us…

Russia wants to liquidate a Jewish organization helping to immigrate to Israel

The Russian Ministry of Justice wants to liquidate the Jewish organization Sokhnut. She helps Russians to repatriate to Israel. More about this told the edition of the BBC. Israel decided to send a government delegation to Moscow to resolve the issue of continuing the work of the organization. “It was decided to send to Russia ...

Anti-Semitism is officially banned in Ukraine, but the punishment is very vague

The Verkhovna Rada has banned anti-Semitism in Ukraine. Denial of Holocaust crimes will be punished, the BBC reports. The Verkhovna Rada adopted the law “On preventing and combating anti-Semitism in Ukraine.” The new norms were initiated by several dozen deputies from different factions, and their adoption was apparently timed to coincide with...

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