The American Joint Distribution Committee has had to mobilize extra assistance in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union in the wake of extreme winter weather. An emergency winter response system was activated to provide additional care to tens of...

JERUSALEM -- An office to help Russian immigrants to Israel and other countries prove their Jewish status has opened in Moscow. The Shorashim Center, also known as the Office for Clarification of Jewish Status, opened last week in the Russian capital's...

JERUSALEM—The first Conservative rabbi to serve in the Ukraine will be ordained this week. Reuven Stamov, 38, a native of the Crimea, Ukraine, on Feb. 3 will be the 82nd rabbi to be ordained by the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary. Following his ordination,...

Ceremonies in Budapest inaugurated Raoul Wallenberg Year, a series of events marking the centennial of the birth of the Swedish diplomat who saved tens of thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi, Swedish Foreign...

"Ben-Gurion: A Political Life" is the 19th title in the Jewish Encounter series from Shocken and Nextbook Press, written by Shimon Peres with the assistance of David Landau, former editor of Haaretz. Peres is currently the Israeli president and a protégé...

TEL AVIV, Israel — Faina Dorfman, who immigrated to Israel from Uzbekistan hoping that her only child would have a better life here, walks along a stretch of beach just south of a tattered seaside disco called the Dolphinarium. Ten years ago, a young...

"The Concert" ("Le Concert") is a French-language film, based on a true story, about an aging Russian orchestra conductor whose career was ruined under the old Soviet Union over its anti-Semitic policies. Now he's trying to make a comeback, but under...

At any point in the day we are subject to some kind of mood. Just like colors, some may be intense and some may be almost bland.  Surprise, pleasure, stress, joy, security, anxiety, anger, dislike, depression, dismay, anticipation, disappointment - the...