The University of California researcher grew up in Brighton Beach where his grandparents “fled Czarist Russia and antisemitism in pursuit of a better life.” (JTA) — David Julius, a professor ...

He was born Meer Genokh Moiseevich Vallakh, the son of a Jewish bank clerk in Polish Russia. On police dockets of Czarist Russia and most of the countries of Europe, he was many aliases—Ludwig ...

Ukrainian authorities have banned the release of the Russian film ‘Matilda’ featuring ... by the SBU security service, the Ukrainian Culture Ministry drew up a list of individuals allegedly ...

Born in czarist Russia, his university studies were interrupted by World War II, in which he participated in the conquest of Berlin. (JTA) — Yefim Haim Goldberg, a 106-year-old Jewish veteran of ...