Amid increased anti-Semitism, Haim Korsia, 51, the former chaplain of the French army, elected by a 131 to 97 margin.

Thousands of Jews, of all ages and backgrounds, came to a festival that lasted for 6 hours, held at the “Jewish square” between the Jewish Museum, the Charity Center and the Jewish educational campus in Moscow.

The Jewish community of Brest in Belarus celebrated the historic inauguration of a new Torah scroll seventy-five years after the last scroll was inaugurated.

More than 550 pupils from 36 of the FJC’s ‘Or Avner’ network of Jewish schools in the Former Soviet Union, participated three months ago in the first stage of the new Jewish heritage Quiz based on the innovative Darkeinu learning program.

A former Labour Health Minister has been appointed to head the Board of Deputies of British Jews.

A strong communal response to a terrorist attack in the 1980s seeded a new generation of dynamic leaders.

The Kharkiv Jewish community gathered to celebrate the completion of a new Torah.

Over 1,000 Jews from across Russia will gather in Moscow next week for the Limmud FSU conference, which is considered the largest Jewish gathering in the former Soviet Union.

Hundreds of community members and guests participated this Sunday in the festive inauguration of a new Torah scroll.