Foreign Ministry says only one Israeli still held, expected to soon be released; Russian embassy notes some 20 Russian tourists denied entry to Israel every day.
Over 600 Jewish young adults across the FSU will run about 35 volunteer projects this Chanukah as part of a “Good Deeds Week” introduced by FJC’s YAHAD platform.
50 young leaders from 31 cities across the FSU came together for a bi-annual School of Leadership seminar ran in Moscow by FJC’s YAHAD young adults platform last week.
Escalating the legal dispute between Russia and the United States over the Schneerson collection of Jewish texts, prosecutors in Moscow sought an arrest warrant for an American rabbi.