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Yevgeny Prigozhin

From left: Presidential envoy to the Northwestern Federal District Ilya Klebanov, Chief Sanitary Inspector Gennady Onishchenko, Leningrad Region Governor Valery Serdyukov, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Concord factory director Yevgeny Prigozhin, Sept. 20, 2010. Credit: Government of the Russian Federation via Wikimedia Commons.

No, Prigozhin was not Jewish

In a world in which antisemitism is still rife, such inaccurate headlines are unhelpful, to put it mildly.

August 28, 2023

Credit: Yaakov (DryBones) Kirschen.

The Aug. 25 Dry Bones cartoon about the plane "crash," in which Yevgeny Prigozhin is said to have died.

Yaakov Kirschen

August 25, 2023

Police in Moscow's Red Square as it and surrounding areas were closed during the uprising led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, June 24, 2023. Photo by demm28/Shutterstock.

Prigozhin believed dead in private plane crash

The oligarch and Wagner Group leader, who is reportedly of Jewish descent, challenged Moscow, potentially paying with his life.

August 24, 2023

Jewish men in the street near the tomb of Reb Nachman of Breslov in Uman on eve of the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, Sept. 25, 2022. Photo by Flash90.

Ukraine threatens to bar entry for Israeli pilgrims

Ukraine's ambassador to Israel claims the Jewish state is deporting 10% of Ukrainians seeking to enter the country.

August 20, 2023

From left: Presidential envoy to the Northwestern Federal District Ilya Klebanov, Chief Sanitary Inspector Gennady Onishchenko, Leningrad Region Governor Valery Serdyukov, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Concord factory director Yevgeny Prigozhin, Sept. 20, 2010. Credit: Government of the Russian Federation via Wikimedia Commons.

The rise and fall of Putin’s warlord

Yevgeny Prigozhin sought more than wealth and power.

Clifford D. May

July 6, 2023

A Russian civilian hugs a soldier of the Wagner Group private military company on a tank with flowers in the muzzle after the end of an attempted mutiny on Vladimir Putin's regime, June 24, 2023. Credit: Fargoh via Wikimedia Commons.

It’s time for Russia’s remaining Jews to leave

A weak regime can still be a dangerous one, particularly when said regime is armed with nuclear weapons.

June 30, 2023

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (left) and U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley in Israel, March 3, 2023. Source: Twitter/IDF.

Milley nixes Israel trip over Russia crisis

The U.S. military chief was set to leave for Israel and Jordan on Saturday.

June 25, 2023

Image of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Credit: TPYXA_ILLUSTRATION/Shutterstock.

Soldiers of misfortune

The Wagner Group isn’t playing.

Clifford D. May

February 1, 2023