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  • Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I (right) speaks to Rabbi Yaakov Bleich (left) at Hebrew University in Jerusalem on Dec. 6, 2017.
    Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I (right) speaks to Rabbi Yaakov Bleich (left) at Hebrew University in Jerusalem on Dec. 6, 2017.
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    The New Head of Ukraine’s Church Council Is a Brooklyn-Born Rabbi

    ‘All this divisive stuff is going on and so they decided to put a Jew in charge!’ quipped Rabbi Bleich

    byVladislav Davidzon
  • St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery on Oct. 12, 2018, in Kiev, Ukraine
    St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery on Oct. 12, 2018, in Kiev, Ukraine
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    The Crisis of Constantinople

    After millennia, the Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox churches are splitting apart, fracturing the unity of Constantinople and possibly escalating the war between the two nations

    byVladislav Davidzon
  • Left: Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on December 28, 2012. Right: U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act into law at the White House on December 14, 2012.(Left: Alexei Nikolsky/AFP/Getty Images; right: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
    Left: Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on December 28, 2012. Right: U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act into law at the White House on December 14, 2012.(Left: Alexei Nikolsky/AFP/Getty Images; right: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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    Russia, Wannabe Superpower

    Will Putin’s ban on adoptions finally help U.S. officials grasp the nature of Russia’s political leadership?

    byLee Smith
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