When people ask questions about my Soviet past, the answers aren’t easy. I’d rather be defined by my future.

Compares Russian leader’s annexation of Crimea to Nazi invasion of Poland

Vice reporter Simon Ostrovsky has dual American and Israeli citizenship

The backlash against a finance minister’s recent remarks exposes a weakness in Germany’s embrace of their unique legacy

Leaflets telling Jews to register with authorities not actually from ‘authorities’

The return of Rabinovich is the revival of a Soviet mentality in Putin’s Russia

Attacks Jewish leadership for condemning Putin’s actions in Crimea

Three historians argue that the threat of far-right extremists is no less urgent than the military danger from Moscow

Berel Lazar, who has close ties with Putin, seen in audience at Kremlin event

Century-old Soviet method of legitimizing national self-determination lives on

The Kremlin’s interests in the region are deep—and it may see an opportunity to gain leverage in the current crisis

Jewish residents think about fleeing—if they have anywhere to go

Chabad emissary forced to leave her community amidst Russian occupation

But now the country’s Jewish community is divided between those lining up with Moscow and those joining the revolution in Kiev

How Abby Martin’s on-air jab at Russian intervention in Crimea helps Putin