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In emotional TV interview, Hassen Chalghoumi says his family has been assaulted, harassed for years over his interfaith work

A visit to Birobidzhan, where Jewish autonomy hasn’t exactly worked out — and yet, the sign for Lenin Street is still written in Yiddish and public monuments commemorate Sholem Aleichem. By Yakov Rabkin Last summer, after three months of teaching in Japan, I decided to return home to Montreal via Birobidzhan, in Russia’s Far East. The Jewish Autonomous…

news Israeli virtuoso violinist Ivry Gitlis dies at 98 © Getty Images Ivry Gitlis (centre) carried on playing well into his 90s Celebrated Israeli violinist Ivry Gitlis has died in Paris aged 98, his family has said. A hugely charismatic figure with a passion for experimentation, Gitlis has been described as one of the modern greats of classical music. He played with the world's finest orchestras but was said to be equally at home performing with rock stars and jazz virtuosos. In 1955, he became the first Israeli musician to play in the Soviet Union. Gitlis was also a staunch advocate of...