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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, will arrive for a visit to Israel next week • This is his first visit to the country since becoming mayor

Cantor Naftali Hershtick stood before the Ark on the High Holy Days in the Great Synagogue of Moscow • Gallery

Rabbi Asher Krichevsky, Rabbi in Siberia, was deported • possible reasons: suspicion of espionage or unauthorized sale of kosher food