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The Extremism and Xenophobia of Ukraine’s Svoboda (Freedom) Party 23 Aug 2013 | 12:42 am
by Leonid Stonov, International Director August 2013 More than half a year has passed since the nationalist, right-wing, extremist party “Svoboda” (“Freedom”) became one of the main Ukrainian partie...
Cross Defaced Opposite Grave of Rabbi Nachman in Uman, Ukraine 20 Aug 2013 | 01:38 am
(JTA) — A cross near the gravesite of a Jewish sage in Uman, Ukraine, was defaced with a Hebrew inscription. Hebrew graffiti was discovered Aug. 12 on a cross opposite the grave of Rabbi Nachman of B...
Russian Human Rights Council Reviewing Jewish Teacher’s Sentence 12 Aug 2013 | 10:45 pm
Ilya Farber, a Jewish schoolteacher, recently was sentenced to seven years in labor camp and fined a large sum after being convicted of corruption. Many believe his trial was unfair and that he was pe...
Rabbi Shot In Russia Discharged from Israeli Hospital 12 Aug 2013 | 10:31 pm
JTA reports that shot Chabad rabbi has been released from Rabin Medical Center in Petach Tivkah after having surgery to repair his liver. Rabbi Artur Ovadia Isakov, 40, was shot on July 24th while he...
Shot Dagestan Rabbi in Stable Condition 31 Jul 2013 | 12:47 am
The Times of Israel has reported that Ovadia Isakov, a Chabad rabbi, was in serious but stable condition after being shot by a suspected terrorist in Russia on Thursday. Isakov is the chief rabbi of D...
‘Children of Refuseniks Report from the Frontlines’ Podcast 23 Jul 2013 | 01:27 am
Vox Tablet, a weekly podcast, recently published “The Children of Refuseniks Report From the Frontlines of Putin’s Russia: Journalists Masha Gessen, Miriam Elder, and Michael Idov talk about a changin...
Belarus: Activist Aliaksei Shchadrou Facing Jail for Helping the Homeless 19 Jul 2013 | 12:58 am
Aliaksei Shchadrou is facing a two-year prison term in Belarus for acting on behalf of an unregistered religious organization. If jailed he will be a prisoner of conscience. Aliaksei Shchadrou, a 28-...
Ambassador Kelly’s Statement on Suspension of Russian NGO ‘Golos’ 13 Jul 2013 | 04:26 am
Below is a copy of the statement Ambassador Ian Kelly delivered to the Permanent Council in Vienna on July 4, 2013 regarding the six month suspension of Golos, a major independent election monitoring ...
Report: Estimated Jewish Population in the former Soviet Union (FSU) 4 Jul 2013 | 03:08 am
Researcher Allan Miller has compiled numbers from reports and news articles over the past several years to determine the estimated current Jewish population throughout the countries of the former Sovi...
UCSJ Attends Second Annual International Religious Freedom (IRF) Roundtable 3 Jul 2013 | 03:28 am
On Thursday, June 27, 2013, UCSJ’s President, Larry Lerner, and Associate Director, Maria Weissman, attended the second annual International Religious Freedom (IRF) Roundtable event. The IRF is an inf...
