Posts Tagged: Russia Jews
Iran, Qatar Express Support for Putin as Fears Grow for Russian Jews
The leaders of Iran and Qatar expressed support for Vladimir Putin during separate phone calls with the Russian President on Monday, following a weekend of...
Antisemitic Tropes in the Age of Post-Soviet War
The Russians are playing the “Jewish card” to ideologically justify their invasion of Ukraine, explaining it as a “fight against the radical nationalist, fascist, and...
Israel Needs to Speak Out and Hold Putin Accountable for His Crimes and Lies
Russian President Vladimir Putin says that his “special military operation” aims to “de-Nazify” Ukraine, portraying his troops as freeing ethnic Russians from a fascistic regime...
The Kremlin’s Eternal ‘Jewish Question’
On Tuesday, July 5, The Jerusalem Post reported that the Russian government had sent a letter to the Jewish Agency regarding its activities in the...
‘I Couldn’t Remain Silent:’ Moscow Chief Rabbi Resigns Over Russian Invasion of Ukraine
The chief rabbi of Moscow has resigned from his post, declaring that he "could not remain silent" in the face of the Russian invasion of...
Twitter Must Act on Pro-Putin Accounts’ Antisemitism
As the violence resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, Twitter accounts supporting Russian dictator Vladimir Putin have proliferated, spewing disinformation about Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
Stop Using Ukraine to Repeat Lies About the Number of Palestinian ‘Refugees’
Using the plight of Ukrainian refugees who have been forced to flee their besieged homeland as a narrative hook, CBS News published an article about...
30 Years After USSR Collapse, Soviet Jews Are Home in America
This year will mark 30 years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, officially ripping apart the Iron Curtain, and providing the long sought-after freedom...
Moscow Cops Arrest Man for Antisemitic Vandalism at Jewish Educational Center
Police in Moscow arrested a man on Thursday for vandalizing the offices of a Russian Jewish organization in an antisemitic attack. According to eyewitness reports, the...
Putin’s Imperialism Comes to Jerusalem
In January 2020, Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin struck a deal that rescued Israeli backpacker Naama Issachar from a Russian prison and brought her safely...
What Putin Said at the Holocaust Forum…
JNS.org - Predictably, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech to last week’s World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem raised hackles among the responsible guardians of Holocaust memory....
Like Ukraine, Israel Must Confront Putin and His Evil Intentions
In his famous 1946 “Iron Curtain” speech in Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill said, “From what I have seen of our Russian friends ... I am...
Soviet Antisemitism in a British Guise
JNS.org - It’s back. The “it” I refer to is a phenomenon pretty much unknown to newer generations of Jews in terms of direct experience, but it...
Putin’s Dictatorship — and Antisemitism
In an NBC interview aired on March 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that the 13 Russian nationals that the US indicted for election interference may not be ethnically...