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Tadzhuddin is probably the most visible Muslim clergyman in Russia, in his capacity as leader of all the Muslims in Moscow and Central Russia.

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Putin's Iran Threat is Good for Israel

By Lauri Regan

If Russia stands with Iran, Obama will be forced to stand with Israel or lose the American people to the Republican Party.

Russia / Religion / Europe / News Briefs / Antisemitism

Rabbi in Crimea Makes it Out on the Last Train

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The scene of Russian troops sealing the region of Crimea conjures up scary reminders of the Nazi invasions of Europe.

Russia / Europe / News Briefs / Iran / US / Israel

Ya’alon Calls the Obama Administration a Weakling

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel’s Defense Minister Ya’alon is sounding more like Foreign Minister Lieberman every day.

European Union / Russia / News Briefs / US

U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Putin’s Advisers

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Obama administration imposed sanctions on seven Russians and four Ukrainians in retaliation on Monday in response to the apparently imminent annexation by Russia of the Crimean peninsula of the Ukraine. Among those sanctioned were advisers to Russian President Vladimir Putin and parliament members in and former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. The European Union has […]

Russia / Europe / News Briefs / Antisemitism

Jewish Voice from Crimea: 'Living in Readiness'

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

When a region experiences strife and instability, the first to come under threat are the Jews.

Europe / News Briefs / Antisemitism / Russia

Ukraine Chief Rabbi Accuses Russians of Antisemitic ‘Provocations’

By JTA

Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich, one of the two chief rabbis of the Ukraine (the other one is Rabbi Azriel Chaikin), accused Russia of staging antisemitic “provocations” in Crimea in order to justify its invasion of the former Soviet republic. At a press conference in the Manhattan office of the United Jewish Communities of Eastern Europe, […]