Possibly the oldest wooden synagogue in Europe, the synagogue in Kostroma, which is over a century old, began to show its age.

The FJC has its ear to the ground and is constantly striving to provide the communities of the former Soviet Union with the services that they need most.

Over 1,450 Jewish students from across the FSU, aged 5-18, took part in the second round of FJC’s ‘Darkeinu’ annual Jewish studies Olympic contest, which took place in January.

One citizen of Israel and eight citizens of Argentina were evacuated.

Today we are talking about a new prize that was unveiled in December 2019: “Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize.” It is sponsored by the Canadian philanthropic fund Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, which supports this podcast featured on Hromadske Radio.

Over 40 Jewish kindergarten teachers gathered in Kyiv at the end of last month for a three-day training seminar organized by FJC’s Darkeinu educational curriculum.

Born Issur Danielovitch, Hollywood movie star’s Yiddish-speaking Jewish parents came from the Mogilev region

Six hundred Jewish leaders, including community leaders and active members, educators and rabbis from across Ukraine gathered last week in Dnepro, Ukraine for an unprecedented Forum of Ukrainian Jewish Communities.

Rafael Nektal said that when he met with the Jewish community in Azerbaijan, he saw the respect shown by a government to ethnic minorities.