In honor of May 9, otherwise known as Victory Day in former Soviet countries, which celebrated the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, Russian Senior Shliach and Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar made a personal visit to Velvel Mulevitch, an aging Jewish war veteran who fought alongside his father during the German siege of Leningrad (S. Petersburg). Rabbi Lazar spoke to Velvel about his war experiences, erected a mezuzah on his doorpost, as well as put on Tefillin with him • Photos

Russian shelling damaged a Jewish cemetery in the Ukrainian city of Hlukhiv in the Shotska district of the Sumy region. “Jews buried in the territory of the Jewish cemetery in Hlukhiv are victims of the 1918 pogrom. a special symbol for the entire Jewish people,” said Ukrainian Minister of Culture Oleksandr Tkachenko • Full Story, Photos

Dozens of Jewish students and youngsters from the Autonomous Jewish Region of Birobidzhan in the Far East embarked on an experiential journey to the Jewish community in the Russian capital of Moscow. They enjoyed genuine exposure to Jewish life in a large and thriving community in a place where only 30 years ago Judaism was forbidden • Full Story, Photos

Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar has criticized remarks by his country’s foreign minister, who suggested that the worst antisemites were Jewish and that Adolf Hitler had Jewish ancestry • Full Story

In a statement released Tuesday morning, the Russian Foreign Ministry blasted Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid), following Lapid’s condemnations Monday and Tuesday of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s comments on Sunday comparing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Adolf Hitler and claiming Hitler had “Jewish blood” • Full Story

The 67th Anniversary of the founding of Tzeirei Agudas Chabad Hamerkozis will be observed with a virtual Farbrengen tonight, Beis Iyar. Participating in the special event will be Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar, together with a group of Ukrainian Shluchim • Watch