Ivan Urgant's popular late-night talk show was taken off the air shortly before Russia invaded its neighbor

27,050 people in all made the Jewish state their new home this year, up 30% from the year before but still below pre-COVID numbers

Fewer people moving from Russia, but US, France, Ukraine, Belarus, Argentina, UK, Brazil, South Africa and Ethiopia all see an uptick in rate, despite pandemic

Jews who lived in Nazi-occupied Romania, southern France also to get monthly stipends for 1st time; Claims Conference: 'For many survivors the funds will relieve crushing poverty'

New book 'Sleeper Agent' follows George Koval, a little-known US-born Russian spy posthumously honored by Putin - and possibly one of the 20th century's most influential operatives

About 200 Jewish children are enrolled in the institution, which features a robotics lab, modern furnishings, pottery workshops and table tennis stations

Karatsev, who plays for Russia but grew up in Israel, loses final along with playing partner Elena Vesnina against another Russian duo

Russian leader again uses his affinity for the Jewish people to suggest that people of different backgrounds can live together as one nation

Balcony of JCC in Russian capital suffers extensive damage in attack, swastika painted on structure; window smashed at Düsseldorf prayer house

In Azerbaijan people consume 2.7 pounds per person, in Russia 2.4 pounds -- dwarfing the average consumption of unleavened bread cracker among most Jews