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.

Netanyahu said to refuse to name career diplomat as ambassador in favor of political appointee, likely leaving position vacant until new government formed.

The Jewish community of Krasnodar, South-West of Russia, celebrated the inauguration of a new Torah Scroll yesterday, a public festivity attended by many high-profile guests and local Jews.

If you get to Kaliningrad, Russia — formerly Königsberg, East Prussia — you can now follow a Jewish heritage itinerary in the city.

Issachar’s mother Yafa arrived at the prison Tuesday morning but was told that a visit to Naama last week by the Israeli consul had come at the expense of a visit by her mother.

Backpacker imprisoned for 7.5 years for smuggling some 10 grams of marijuana reportedly says she is being well treated; family says interview appears staged.

Prominent Jewish philanthropists and business leaders from all over the world came to see the revival of Russian Jewry in Moscow during the International Leadership Reunion conference that took place in Russia’s capital last month.

Russian Jewish billionaires God Nisanov and Zarakh Iliev sponsor new community center to unite ''Mountain Jew'' diaspora.

The sense that Russia is growing increasingly illiberal is helping drive a surge of emigration by Jews there to Israel in the past four years.

Rabbi Yisrael Melamed led a celebration opening a magnificent new Mikvah and the inauguration of a historic synagogue in the city of Astrakhan in southern Russia.