http://jta.org/news/ en rcsillag@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-20T16:30:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2006/09/11/14421/Shofarandklezmerh http://jta.org/site/Shofarandklezmerh/#When:04:00:01Z A Jewish composer is making his name in Armenia, thanks in part to a concert of his works that the government sponsored to celebrate minorities. 2006-09-11T04:00:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2006/09/07/14415/SmallcommunityinA http://jta.org/site/SmallcommunityinA/#When:04:00:01Z The Subbotniks, a rural community in the former Soviet Union who descended from Russian peasants that converted to Judaism two centuries ago, may soon be consigned to the dustbin of history. 2006-09-07T04:00:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2006/08/15/14342/ObservantJewsinRu http://jta.org/site/ObservantJewsinRu/#When:04:00:01Z Imported wines and spirits are being kept out of Russian markets this summer, creating a potential problem for religiously observant Russian Jews. 2006-08-15T04:00:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2006/08/10/14322/SomeArmenianJewsa http://jta.org/site/SomeArmenianJewsa/#When:04:00:01Z Armenia’s Jewish community is bracing for a possible wave of anti-Semitism as hundreds of Lebanese Armenians taking refuge from the fighting in southern Lebanon stream into the former Soviet republic. 2006-08-10T04:00:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2006/03/26/13844/InLatviawartimeh http://jta.org/site/InLatviawartimeh/#When:04:00:01Z The recent uproar in Latvia over a proposed march by veterans of the Nazi SS highlighted the ambivalent relationship the Baltic nation has with its World War II behavior. 2006-03-26T04:00:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2006/01/22/13627/ProposedLatvianres http://jta.org/site/ProposedLatvianres/#When:04:00:01Z A proposed law in Latvia would return some 200 Jewish-owned properties seized during World War II to the community. 2006-01-22T04:00:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2006/01/11/13600/Astenantsworryabo http://jta.org/site/Astenantsworryabo/#When:04:00:01Z Four months after an impressive opening ceremony for the JCC in St. Peterbsurg, Russia, the center is fully built but stands empty. 2006-01-11T04:00:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2005/12/05/13486/RussianorEstonian http://jta.org/site/RussianorEstonian/#When:04:00:01Z With most Estonian Jews more comfortable speaking Russian than Estonian, is the country's Jewish community distancing itself from its fellow citizens? 2005-12-05T04:00:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2005/10/20/13361/RightafterJewishN http://jta.org/site/RightafterJewishN/#When:04:00:01Z A wave of vandalism, coinciding with the start of the Jewish New Year, has hit the Jewish community of St. Petersburg, Russia. 2005-10-20T04:00:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2005/09/20/13270/CampinAustriawas http://jta.org/site/CampinAustriawas/#When:04:00:01Z When my family left the Soviet Union in November 1989, we were among the first wave of Jewish refugee families to reach Kinderdorf, a summer retreat in this small rural Austrian town. 2005-09-20T04:00:01-05:00