Famous Russian Jews

Constant growth has created a need for a newer, larger and more ambitious nanotechnology center, something that was made possible through Abramovich’s $30m. gift.

In 2009, in the midst of Israel’s Operation Cast Lead, Spektor penned a post on her MySpace page defending Israel and criticizing what she regarded as unfair media coverage of its actions.

Robert Service explores the final year of the last tsar of Russia, Nicholas II.tra

"My idea of being a Jew is in the alignment of the history of the Jews in Russia."

While staunchly proud Jews and Zionists, many in the communities, especially in the US, are unable to pay for an exorbitantly-priced Jewish education for their children.

Lesin was once head of the state-controlled media giant Gazprom-Media but resigned in 2014.

Reports emerging from Russia in recent days have suggested that Thomas Leviev, a student at the Moscow State Institute for International Relations, age 18, was the son of Lev Leviev.

The lone assailant delivered a single projectile to Ustinov’s neck before fleeing the scene.

Rabbi Avi Weiss tells the story of the struggle for Soviet Jewry from an insider’s perspective.