Moldova

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In Moldova, Jewish life is fueled by descendants of those who fled — and new refugees from Ukraine

Larry Luxner in JTA · 9 Sep 2025

In Moldova, Jewish life is revitalized by the descendants of emigrants and recent Ukrainian refugees.

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In Moldova, Jewish life is fueled by descendants of those who fled — and new refugees from Ukraine

Larry Luxner in JTA · 9 Sep 2025

In Moldova, Jewish life is revitalized by the descendants of emigrants and recent Ukrainian refugees.

0 Communities History

In Moldova, Jewish life is fueled by descendants of those who fled — and new refugees from Ukraine

Larry Luxner in JTA · 9 Sep 2025

In Moldova, Jewish life is revitalized by the descendants of emigrants and recent Ukrainian refugees.

0 Communities History

In Moldova, Jewish life is fueled by descendants of those who fled — and new refugees from Ukraine

Larry Luxner in JTA · 9 Sep 2025

In Moldova, Jewish life is revitalized by the descendants of emigrants and recent Ukrainian refugees.

0 Communities History

In Moldova, Jewish life is fueled by descendants of those who fled — and new refugees from Ukraine

Larry Luxner in JTA · 9 Sep 2025

In Moldova, Jewish life is revitalized by the descendants of emigrants and recent Ukrainian refugees.

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Transnistria’s Jews find themselves caught in a Soviet time warp as Ukraine war rages next door

Larry Luxner in JTA · 26 Aug 2025

In the breakaway region of Transnistria, Jewish life persists against the backdrop of Soviet nostalgia and current geopolitical tensions.

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Transnistria’s Jews find themselves caught in a Soviet time warp as Ukraine war rages next door

Larry Luxner in JTA · 26 Aug 2025

In the breakaway region of Transnistria, Jewish life persists against the backdrop of Soviet nostalgia and current geopolitical tensions.

0 History Politics

When Jewish migrants were trapped and terrified in Florida — like Alligator Alcatraz inmates today

Fredric Brandfon in Forward · 23 Aug 2025

Fredric Brandfon's piece compares the modern immigration detention site, Alligator Alcatraz, in Florida's Everglades with historical instances of immigrant mistreatment in the same region, specifically the horrific conditions Jewish migrants faced in early 20th-century peonage camps.

0 History Jewish Law

From Port Arthur to Portsmouth

Cindy Scarr in Mishpacha · 19 Aug 2025

The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, a conflict ignited by imperial aspirations, dramatically impacted the Russian Jewish community.

0 Ethics Politics

Do Our Rabbis Believe in God?

Peter Beinart in The Beinart Notebook · 28 Jul 2025

Peter Beinart challenges rabbis to reevaluate their spiritual priorities amid the context of the Israel-Palestine conflict.

0 Music Culture

He kicked off the 1970s klezmer revival. Now, he’s paying tribute to New York’s vast global music scene.

Jon Kalish in JTA · 16 Jul 2025

Walter Zev Feldman's memoir, "From the Bronx to the Bosphorus," explores his pivotal role in the 1970s klezmer revival and his lifelong fascination with the global music scene of New York.

0 History Politics

Book Review | The Forgotten Bond Between Teddy and the Tribe

Robert Siegel in Moment · 2 Jul 2025

Andrew Porwancher's biography "American Maccabee: Theodore Roosevelt and the Jews" explores the complex relationship between Theodore Roosevelt and Jewish communities.

0 Communities Education

Entwine Trips Infuse Adventure with Tikkun Olam

Avi Dresner in Hadassah · 11 Mar 2025

Entwine, an initiative of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), offers young Jews the opportunity to combine adventure and tikkun olam through subsidized leadership and global service trips to countries like Ukraine, India, and Cuba.

0 Politics Antisemitism

At least one world leader understands the existential threat Putin poses to Europe and to Jews

Robert Zaretsky in Forward · 10 Mar 2025

French President Emmanuel Macron has issued a stark warning about the existential threats facing Europe, linking the aggressive expansionism of Russia under Vladimir Putin to weakening support from the United States under Donald Trump.

0 Language Culture

Course to explore Ukrainian-Yiddish dialect of the theater and the Breslov Hasidim

Forverts Staff in Forward · 20 Feb 2025

Yiddish scholar Leyzer Burko is offering a course this spring focusing on the Ukrainian-Yiddish dialect, which was historically significant in Yiddish theater, film, and among Hasidic communities like Skver and Breslov.

0 Culture Education

Do Clowns Have the Power to Heal?

Josie Glausiusz in Moment · 23 Jan 2025

Medical clowning, a unique blend of humor and therapy, plays a significant role in Israel's healthcare system.

0 Communities Antisemitism

Israelis with Soviet roots unite in solidarity in Tel Aviv amid the war

Larry Luxner in JTA · 14 Jan 2025

Amid heightened tensions and security challenges in Israel, over 500 Israelis with roots from former Soviet states gathered in Tel Aviv for a Limmud FSU festival celebrating Jewish learning and community solidarity.

0 Politics Antisemitism

Israel to shutter Ireland embassy, citing ‘antisemitic rhetoric of the Irish government’

Philissa Cramer in JTA · 16 Dec 2024

Israel has decided to close its embassy in Dublin, a move attributed to Ireland's critical stance on Israeli policies, including its recognition of a Palestinian state and support for international legal action against Israel.

0 Antisemitism Communities

Chabad rabbi killed in United Arab Emirates; Israel denounces ‘despicable antisemitic act’

Philissa Cramer in JTA · 24 Nov 2024

Rabbi Zvi Kogan, a Chabad emissary in Abu Dhabi, was found dead after being reported missing, with Israeli officials labeling his murder as an antisemitic act of terrorism.

0 Politics Israel

Parliament should spend more time talking about Ukraine and less about the Middle East

Jewish Chronicle · 7 Nov 2024

Mike Martin, a Liberal Democrat MP for Tunbridge Wells, argues that the UK Parliament's focus should shift from the Middle East to Ukraine due to its greater strategic significance for the UK's security interests.

0 History Culture

The church preacher who gave sermons in Yiddish

Rukhl Schaechter in Forward · 5 Jun 2023

Joseph Rabinowitz, a Jewish man from Bessarabia, founded a Christian-Jewish sect in 1882 where he preached in Yiddish, reflecting his belief in a synthesis of Judaism and Christianity for Jewish integration.

0 History Culture

The church preacher who gave sermons in Yiddish

Rukhl Schaechter in Forward · 5 Jun 2023

Joseph Rabinowitz, a Jewish man from Bessarabia, founded a Christian-Jewish sect in 1882 where he preached in Yiddish, reflecting his belief in a synthesis of Judaism and Christianity for Jewish integration.

0 History Culture

The church preacher who gave sermons in Yiddish

Rukhl Schaechter in Forward · 5 Jun 2023

Joseph Rabinowitz, a Jewish man from Bessarabia, founded a Christian-Jewish sect in 1882 where he preached in Yiddish, reflecting his belief in a synthesis of Judaism and Christianity for Jewish integration.

0 Culture History

Still no NYC monument for the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust

Chana Pollack in Forward · 27 Apr 2022

In the decades since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943, New York City remains without a dedicated monument to the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust.

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