Writer: Anna Rudnitskaya

April 16, 2010
10:50 am

Kyrgyz shul attacked amid upheaval

MOSCOW ““ As the capital of Kyrgyzstan erupted in violence last week, members of the Central Asian nation’s small Jewish community held their breaths and sat tight. The ORT school in the capital, Bishkek, shuttered its doors, sending students home just as they were returning from their Passover break on April 7. With public transportation […]

By Anna Rudnitskaya

April 9, 2010
10:47 am

Rebuilding a synagogue where Jews resisted Soviets

Jews in Malakhovka celebrate the March 23 opening of the Moscow suburb’s rebuilt synagogue. Anna Rudnitskaya MALAKHOVKA, Russia ““ In Soviet times, the small town of Malakhovka, less than 10 miles from Moscow, was the center of Jewish underground activity. In 2005 its old wooden synagogue was burned down in a fire – for the […]

By Anna Rudnitskaya

March 5, 2010
1:48 pm

Fishing for Jews in Russia’s muddy waters

MOSCOW ““ This spring, Howard Flower and his assistants will go to Russia’s westernmost region, Kaliningrad, on a fishing expedition: They’re fishing for Jews. Flower, the aliyah director of the Russian office of the International Christian Embassy, a pro-Israel evangelical group, plans to look through telephone directories for Jewish-sounding names and meet with local leaders […]

By Anna Rudnitskaya

February 26, 2010
1:45 pm

With election, change for Ukraine, but likely not for Jews

MOSCOW ““ In a country where anxieties about anti-Semitism are never far from the surface, Viktor Yanukovich’s victory in Ukraine’s presidential election is being welcomed with caution by Ukrainian Jews. Yanukovich, who has close ties to the Kremlin, replaces Viktor Yushchenko, his West-leaning rival who won five years ago in a second runoff election between […]

By Anna Rudnitskaya