"As Russia's international isolation grows, so will antisemitism. They will again feel the need to look for the scapegoat, which will be the Jews, as has always been throughout Russian history," says Sviatoslav Yurash, who has volunteered with the military since the outbreak of the war.
The southern prayer area of the Western Wall is designated for mixed prayer and has been the subject of ongoing controversy.
Israel's meat and poultry industries generate $7.8 billion a year in a market controlled by only a few import companies, but a closer look at what makes it tick shows that not everything is on the up and up.
About 19,200 Russian Jews moved to Israel so far in 2022, compared to the 7,824 in all of 2021. Sources in Russia say the major increase is the reason behind the Kremlin's threats to close the Jewish Agency that promotes aliyah to Israel.
Chabad is demanding the return of the Schneerson historical library archives, and has asked the Israeli government to freeze all proceedings to transfer the Alexander Court church compound in Jerusalem to Russia.
"Holocaust remembrance, education and research are the keys to fighting intolerance, hatred and antisemitism," says Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan, who also discussed the rise in hate speech with Argentina's president.
New synagogue built by Aleh nonprofit for disabled children features a lowered ark, elevators, handrails, wheelchair ramps, and assistants to help people read from the Torah.
Former Israeli envoy to Russia and Ukraine Zvi Magen tells Israel Hayom that ties with Russia have been worsening for several months, possible because of Israel's stance on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
An array of organizations representing mainstream American Jewry claim Morningstar can do more to root out systemic anti-Israel bias in its financial ratings.
From a rustic, tiny synagogue she fashioned from her family's ancestral home in Serrastretta, Rabbi Barbara Aiello is keeping a promise made to her Italian-born father: To reconnect people in this southern region of Calabria to their Jewish roots, links nearly severed five centuries ago when the Inquisition forced Jews to convert to Christianity.
