Together with Russia’s Chief Rabbi, Alexander Trufanov, and his family were invited to Putin’s office at the Kremlin, where the President expressed satisfaction with their release and the activities of the Jewish community in Russia on behalf of the Trufanov family • Full Story, Photos

The Russian government’s press office published this evening the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar, at the President’s office in the Kremlin in the center of Moscow • Full Story, Photos, Video

Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted at the Kremlin, the country’s chief rabbi, Rabbi Berel Lazar Shlita, in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. At the meeting, they discussed a variety of issues, including important humanitarian activities • Full Story, Photos

AJA Public Affairs Director Robert Gregory interviews Steven Lieberman from Rothwell Figg who is leading the fight to get the books back. The story sounds like a movie and involves Bolsheviks, Nazis and hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. Discover how you can help Chabad get the Schneerson Collection back • Watch

“As rabbis and community leaders, as well as emissaries of the Rebbe, we always stressed that the political aspect of what’s going on has nothing to do with us. We don’t understand it properly with all its nuances, and getting into the political side of things would simply constitute a waste of time and energy that would be better spent on helping Jews” • Full Story

After arriving in Moscow and just before Naftali Bennett‘s meeting with Putin at the Kremlin, the delegation members stopped for a few minutes, made Kiddush and had a brief seudah with challos that Housing Minister Ze’ev Elkin brought from home • Full Story