Russians turn their attention to the Olympics as political controversies overshadow the games, temporary synagogues are set up in Sochi and the Jewish museum will present an exhibition of Andy Warhol’s portraits of famous Jews.Read More
Sefer’s annual Jewish Studies conference is taking place in Moscow, a Jewish theater celebrates its anniversary and a Jewish play is presented in Karelia.Read More
Holocaust memorial day commemorated in Russia, an exhibit of Joseph Bau’s art is opened in Moscow and Hillel presents a play in honor of Ariel Sharon’s life.Read More
The Israeli and Lithuanian ambassadors meet with Chabad in Russia about publishing the works of Grigory Kanovich, the Jewish museum presents an exhibition on Jewish cinema and Eshkolot continues its activities with a lecture on Jewish dadaism.Read More
The Russian government and Russian Jewry mourn Ariel Sharon, the teacher Ilya Farber is released after 2.5 years, an exhibit in the Jewish museum will tell the story of Birobidzhan and an exhibit dedicated S. Ansky’s life closes in Saint Petersburg.Read More
A new series of lectures on Soviet-Jewish life in Moscow begins at the Jewish museum, A Russian political exile receives a Swiss visa and Israeli psychologists volunteering to help traumatized terror-victims are dismissed.Read More
Russia prepares for New Year’s celebrations after two terrorist attacks, Chabad expands its activities in Russia and prepares temporary synagogues for the winter-Olympics and Osip Mandelstam is commemorated.Read More
Putin releases several prominent political prisoners, the 75th anniversary of Osip Mandelstam’s death is commemorated in Moscow and a lecture on Yiddish music is held at the Jewish museum in Moscow.Read More
Lectures at Moscow Jewish Museum on images of Temple in Jerusalem; prize-winning translator/poet Grigori Dashevsky, dead at 49Read More
Project Eshkolot in Moscow provides an intellectual environment to discuss Jewish issues; this year’s festival discussed visual-imagery, Sefer’s conference discusses motives in Slavic and Jewish art, the future of the Lubavitch library discussed and a retrospective of the artist Michail Grobman is presented in Moscow.Read More