Patriarch Kirill of Russian Orthodox church visited FJC’s Jewish Museum of Tolerance in Moscow last week, as part of the Russian Interfaith Assembly meeting that also took place in the museum.
The Jewish community of Baku, Azerbaijan enjoyed a visit from special guests at the end of last week: chief rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar and FJC president Lev Leviev spent the shabbat with the community, prior to that visiting the city’s Or Avner Jewish school and kindergarten.
The bill in question requires anyone seeking restitution for nationalized property to be Polish citizens and residents, spouses, children or grandchildren of the original owners.
FJC’s ‘Or Avner’ Jewish school in Omsk, in the Russian North, is always looking for fun and interactive ways to engage students in Jewish heritage subjects, such as the weekly Torah portion.
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn turned down an invitation to attend a dinner commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, The Jewish Chronicle reported.
Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will not attend the Jewish Federations of North America’s annual General Assembly in Los Angeles next month, Federation officials confirmed Monday.
“We are profoundly disappointed that the Polish government’s proposal on restitution of confiscated property excludes the vast majority of Polish Holocaust survivors and their families,” World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder said in a statement.
