The Passover herbs are bitter, but the symbolism is sweet for Poland's Jews, a community which has emerged from the shadow of Nazi German genocide and communist-era anti-Semitism.

Sectional seminar – training for workers of hesed service ''Home care'' has taken place in Aktobe.

S. Petersburg Jews will now have the opportunity to enjoy delicacies from their childhood in kosher form. To make this possible, the Kashrut Department of the S. Petersburg Jewish Community inspected the Cameya Confectionery plant.

The Shaarei Tsedek Charity Center in Moscow hosted a visit from the Vice-Consul of the Embassy of Israel in Russia, Elik Golender, who is also the husband of Israeli Ambassador to Russia Dorit Golender.

On April, 7-8th annual festival of friendship in which participate all Diasporas has taken place. Many talents hasten to show themselves and their nation culture.

The Jewish community of Rostov-on-Don, headed by Rabbi Chaim Danziger, welcomed a new Torah scroll this past week. The Torah scroll was completed on 2 Nissan, the yahrtzeit of the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, the Rebbe Rashab, who lived the last years of his life in this Russian city.

The opening of the new synagogue building for Mountain Jews of Azerbaijan, built with government funding in less than six months, took place on April 5.

Russian billionaire Alexander Mashkevich announced yesterday that he plans to create a Jewish version of al-Jazeera to combat the ''negative information about Israel'' emanating from similar networks and the international media on a whole.

The Israel culture center together with TKUMA initiated a new project to research Jewish stetls in Ukraine.

A new Jewish Community Center opened in Ukraine's second largest city, Kharkov.