Convicted in absentia for stealing $1 billion from Moldova's banking system, businessman-turned-opposition leader Ilan Shor is leading pro-Moscow protests in the country

In his award-winning book, Prof. Sasha Senderovich mixes a rich, centuries-old body of Yiddish folklore with early 20th-century events to define a notoriously nebulous Jewish group

Freedom of information request yields stunning revelation that leadership recruited the well-organized but widely loathed proselytizing group to help organize and bolster crowds

As Israeli emissaries of Conservative Judaism arrive with supplies in the western city of Chernivtsi, they find fellow Jews in the cold and dark hoping for a miracle to end the war

History led Jewish communities in Ukraine to eschew the language, but disgust at Russia's invasion brings change -- and an increased perception as being part of Ukrainian society

Survey embraced as justification by opponents of Law of Return's 'grandchild clause'; critics allege bigotry

Leaders across West remember Soviet Union's last head as pioneer who ended the Cold War; Putin offers 'condolences' but limited praise

A house of worship for Jews, Christians and Muslims seeks unity in an increasingly divided Georgia. Its founder, Bishop Malkhaz Songulashvili, says it's so crazy it just might work

His company dismantled and friends imprisoned, Leonid Nevzlin has lived in Israel for 20 years. He hasn't ceased criticizing the Kremlin - and sees some parallels in his new home

Yelena Lembersky's 'Like a Drop of Ink in a Downpour' is a surprisingly even-handed tale of escape from the Iron Curtain with her grandfather's famous Babyn Yar massacre paintings