The initiative aims to provide a contemporary socially-minded type of Judaism through outdoor education and farming.

A new Jewish community center opened in Moscow, targeting students of the prestigious International Relations Institute situated next door.

Triguboff Institute helps immigrants through conversion process.

In 1987,Rabbi Sitruk was appointed as France’s Chief Rabbi, a position he held for 21 years until 2008, winning reelection twice for the seven-year position.

FJC’s 5th annual Mitzvah Tank expedition concluded its voyage across Russia last week. This year, the unusual summer road-trip brought three “Mitzvah tanks” or mobile synagogues-on-wheels to over 35 remote cities and towns on the country’s vast plane.

As the new school year is getting underway, thousands of students across the FSU are braving the waters of Jewish tradition and heritage studies through FJC’s “Darkeinu” curriculum.

Chabad rabbi conducts his first nuptials in the East Asian nation.

A delegation of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) and the Russian Jewish Congress (RJC) headed by WJC President Ronald S. Lauder held talks in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku on Tuesday

A beautiful new synagogue was dedicated in Moscow’s international Domodedovo airport.

A special, pre-Rosh Hashana conference was held this week in Kazan, the capital of the Moslem Republic Tatarstan.