The oldest prayer hall of Petersburg, Russia, the ‘Small Synagogue,’ opened its doors to the public after four years of renovations in the days following Rosh Hashanah.

The historical building of the Grand synagogue in Kaluga was opened after renovations on Tuesday, October 8th.

In effort to bridge gaps from bitter debate over Iran deal.

Thirty children from the war torn East Ukrainian city of Mariupol are currently enjoying a real summer vacation from the horrors of life at home.

Last month the FJC launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise $28,500 to expand the Or Avner kindergarten in Zhitomir, Ukraine. The expansion is necessary to provide proper schooling for the influx of Ukrainian refugees the city has seen due to the civil war.

The Jewish community of Abakan, Russia – celebrates the opening of their first Jewish Community Center and Synagogue.

Jewish European Maccabi Games begin at Nazi park in Berlin that was the site of the 1936 Olympic Games.

Over the past year, a new and unique Jewish learning book and video series was launched by the FJC and LeDorot Publishing.

With the aim of reconnecting teenage boys with the Jewish education of their youth, Moscow’s Bar Mitzvah project has already prepared 50 young men for their Bar Mitzvah over the past two years.

For the first time in history, the 14th European Maccabi Games, Europe’s biggest Jewish sports event, will start next week in Berlin the place whereJewish athletes were excluded from the Olympic Games in 1936 by the Nazi regime.